Recognizing God’s Voice

When I was a preschooler, sometimes I would stay at my grandparents’ house while my parents went out on a date. I’d bring along pajamas and take a bath with a little scoop of my grandmother’s bathsalts, and I’d curl up in bed, but I wouldn’t always fall asleep. Often I would lie awake, listening…

Podcast Interview

My colleague and friend, Jodi Haier, recorded a conversation we had last week for her podcast. Check it out: http://god-spotting.podomatic.com/entry/2012-04-24T15_50_48-07_00#.T5cwOrKcQaA.facebook

Witness

Today’s text is Luke 24:36-48 I am deeply indebted to David Lose’s article on this text, which suggests the exercise I engaged the congregation in. Most of the disciples had started off as simple followers—people who took an interest in Jesus and followed him around to see what he would say or do next. The…

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It has been some time since I sat through an animation as gorgeous as The Secret of Kells. Although highly experimental in style, the film is still accessible enough for wide range of audience to enjoy so I encourage you to take a look at this extravagant piece of…

Days 1 to 8, or The Week of Watching Thomas Doubt

Day 562 of following Jesus. Day 3 after he died Day 1 of a new creation That’s right—I’ve started the count over, again. Three days ago, I thought it was the end of the world—I thought I would count the rest of my life from that day—the day Jesus died, but today I’m starting over….

Neatly Wrapped Up… Or Not

How many of you are familiar with the books or the movies of the Lord of the Rings? I grew up with a father who adored the books, so as soon as the first movie came out, our whole family went out to the movie theater together. Now, because we knew the books well, we…

Hosanna! Save us!–April 1, 2012, Palm Sunday

The slide show that accompanied this sermon in worship is not posted, for attribution reasons, but feel free to check out photos of protests, world-wide Palm Sunday celebrations, and alternative worship experiences on flickr.com The crowd swells, and it’s hard to imagine where they all came from—all these people who are normally spread out through…