Holiness Reeducation

I am sick of this. Last week I got a call from my friend and he told me about a pastor we both knew from college and seminary who had just turned himself into the police. It seems this other pastor, who was a high school pastor at a large church in Colorado, had inappropriate […]

It is the week of Thanksgiving, so what else is a blogger to do but give thanks. Seems like a good time to be thankful for all the ridiculous blessings that have come my way, in the good and the bad times. So here is a list of no particular or importance of order I […]

Yet another article today about the continuing battles of homosexuality, same sex marriage, and homosexuality amongst clergy in the in church. All anyone needs to do these days in the church is have a statement or an action that falls on either end of this debate and it will be front page news. Does anyone […]

As a pastor and not too long ago graduate student, I know very well the reality of living pay check to pay check. You know the feeling. You budget your money just enough to get to the next pay day. You don’t buy groceries until pay day. You don’t eat out until pay day. You […]

In Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship he writes for many chapters on the Sermon on the Mount. In his analysis and commentary on Jesus’ most famous teachings, he spend a chapter talking about the nature of righteousness as Christ talks about it in Matthew chapters 5 and 6. Bonhoeffer writes, “In Chapter 5 we […]

Last night was of course All Hallow’s Eve or Halloween as it is referred to these days. Today is the wonderful celebration of All Saint’s Day. As we gathered for worship at our church last night, I thought a lot about our celebration of Halloween and debated the merits of the occassion. From a consumeristic […]