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Lessons in Leadership

Stick with me for a minute while I share what feels like a parable. I’m not known for my stellar driving record, but the several-years-ago accident I’m remembering now was

Can I testify?

My passion for the Church has not dimmed through covid-inspired deconstruction. It has not dimmed through tough moments in my own church’s history. It has not dimmed through countless personal

We’re not dead (not even close).

Every once in a while, I’m moved to write a defense of global Christianity. So much of what gets published these days paints a desperate picture. We’re led to believe

A Year of Sweet Communion

The first time I proclaimed a word over the whole year at the beginning of it, I was drunk. It was somewhere after midnight on New Year’s Eve, and I

Baptism is God’s work, not ours.

Today at Mosaic, we consecrated a new baptistry and baptized two new believers. I was moved to write some things for the consecration, and share them here with the hope

Merton, Mary, and Incarnation

Thomas Merton was a 20th-century Trappist monk who wrote more than sixty books, and hundreds of poems, articles, and talks on all kinds of theological subjects. After living as a

Slick Heresy

I saw this cartoon online a few weeks ago, and I can’t shake it so I’m going to have to write about it. Just in case it doesn’t show up

The ridiculous call to love my enemies

The bit in Luke 6 about loving your enemies has been sitting with me for a couple of days, which likely means Jesus has a word for me. I’m struck

I don’t want to miss my shot.

I’ve been thinking lately about the holy audacity of Shiphrah and Puah, midwives who lived in the era of Moses. They were so sure of the will of God and

The Audacious Claim of Generosity

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The Kingdom of God is my country.

I am heartsick, as I’m sure you are, over the state of our country. What happened last week deserves our fervent prayers and attention as a faith community. This has