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Aug 21

S is for Shipwreck

I'd been married for 13 years, and my wife decided monogamy was not for her [so we divorced]. And about the same time the company I was...

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Aug 13

N is for Nicodemus

For me, it started in a religion class in college. I learned things like that in a lot of very reliable manuscripts, the “Red Sea” was...

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Jul 30

H is for Habakkuk

So, growing up, my parents were a disaster. They divorced when I was super young. I was like, four, I think. And my sister was two. And...

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Jul 25

F is for Fish

This was not something that happened overnight. It was 20 years in the making. I went to a Pilgrimage [retreat] in March of 2004. I had...

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Jul 15

Z is for Zelophehad's Daughters

When I graduated high school, I went right into a pre nursing program [in college], because everybody was like, so proud of me. And they...

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Jul 9

P is for Puah

In 1993, I drove a school bus. This child, a black male, he was 16, 17 at the time, a junior in high school. Six foot seven. [He] stood...

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Jul 2

J is for Joseph

I knew from my parents that marriage was work, and there was going to be a lot of give and take. I knew there would be hard days. I knew...

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Jun 28

I is for Israel

My husband died in July. You know the thing you miss the most when you lose the love of your life or the person you've been married to?...

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Jun 21

S is for Salt

Could it be, the poet Natalie Diaz asks, that Lot’s wife looked back because “she wondered had she unplugged/the coffee pot? The...

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Jun 5

Very Good Advice

I love advice columns. I can’t tell you exactly why, but I think it has something to do with living vicariously through other people’s...

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May 31

Dance of the Trinity

In the beginning, the Creator sought to know and be known, to love and to be loved, and so the Creator’s Holy Spirit blew out across the...

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May 13

A Letter from God

Dear beloved You, This is a love letter from me, God. I know that you are overwhelmed and stressed out. I see how the conflicts in the...

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Apr 23

What I Have I Give

More than twenty years ago, sociologist Wayne Baker was looking for a new idea in business. He was inspired by the Kula Ring, a ritual...

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Apr 20

Holy Humor

Years ago, before I was born, my family was at my great grandfather’s funeral. Knowing that they would drive to the cemetery after the...

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Apr 5

Are You Kidding- Be Brave?

As a child and young teenager, I was afraid of everything, all the time. Looking back, I think maybe I spent too much time in my...

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Mar 1

Are You Kidding- Use Your Inside Voice?

Confident of God’s power and presence, Joshua and all of Israel’s warriors got in formation around the walls of Jericho. Armed men went...

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Feb 23

Are You Kidding- Be Nice?

This year, our sermon scripture passages will be (and have been) guided by the Narrative Lectionary. The Narrative Lectionary cycles...

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Feb 15

Like a Child

Children’s sermons are hilarious because we don’t know what’s going to happen. They’re terrifying for the person with the microphone...

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Jan 26

Good Soil

Several years ago, as a young adult, I made what I still think was the perfect New Year’s Resolution for myself- “Be More Awesome.” It’s...

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Jan 11

Action and Contemplation

In 2003, JaMarcus Russell was the most promising high school football player in the country. His senior year he set the Alabama state...

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