Thursday, June 16, 2016

Summer break from blogging

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Merton in a ballcap: Even the contemplatives like to chill-lax. For the past three years, I have offered an essay or other short form ...
Friday, June 10, 2016

Risking rightly

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The word "risk" carries differing meanings for congregations. Appropriately, churches need to talk honestly and always about the ...
Friday, June 3, 2016

Enduring Well

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Throughout the Book of Acts and other lore left to us in the writings of early Christian theologians, preachers and church leaders, the earl...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Harvesting the Grain: Remarks for the First Baptist Church of Herkimer, NY at its closing of 182 years of ministry

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            In the summer and fall of 1801, a Massachusetts Congregational minister was sent on a preaching tour to evangelize upstate New...
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Friday, May 20, 2016

Continuing: The Positive Response to Change

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For several years, I worked at a Cokesbury Bookstore located on the campus of Central Seminary in Kansas City, KS. A smaller store than m...
Friday, May 13, 2016

Pentecost: When the Spirit Moves, the Church Moves Too! (Acts 2:1-21)

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The Wild Goose, Celtic image for the Holy Spirit Do you remember the song from childhood? You might have heard it somewhere along the l...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Ascension: Hope Ascending (Ephesians 1:15-23)

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In writing a story, sometimes you will end with an epilogue. The main action is over, the plot has run its course, but the author adds a ...