The “Perfect” Christmas?
One of the most memorable nights of my life came when I received a phone call from my sister, telling me she was pregnant. She was young, unmarried, and not yet finished with school, so the news came...
View ArticleA Personal Epiphany
Epiphany by Dick Phillips Epiphany (noun) a moment in which you suddenly see or understand something in a new or very clear way. When I was 10, I wanted to be an acolyte in my church. I desperately...
View ArticleLove. No, really! Love!
It’s Valentine’s day! Because it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought it appropriate to write about love. However, this left me wondering exactly which angle to take. It would be WAY too easy to just spout out...
View ArticleBurning Man – Funeral pyre for the Church?
There has been a lot of online bemoaning and complaining and analysis recently about the decline of the Christian church in the northern hemisphere. Whether it is the rise of the “Nones,” the...
View ArticleThe Absurdity of Hope
What is hope if it isn't a little absurd? What if hope for the future helps us locate faith for today?
View ArticleGod’s Unexpected Call
Last week’s lectionary passage (1 Samuel 3:1-10), and this week’s Gospel reading (Mark 1:14-20) share the common theme of God unexpectedly calling people. When God called Samuel in the temple, Samuel...
View ArticlePentecost, 2015
The Spirit came with wind and fire, so we close the windows, we put in sprinklers and smoke detectors, we have flame retardents and climate controls . . . . . . and not just in our homes. The Spirit...
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