A recent poll shows that the recession has changed the ways Americans live and a lot of us are angry about it. No news there, but it got me wondering about how Christians are specifically being affected by the economic downturn?
I am fortunate in that I still have a job, insurance, and my home. As [...]
Archive for April, 2009
How has the recession affected you?
April 29, 2009Mondays are for homecoming ramblings…
April 27, 2009It was a crazy 48 hours, heading back home to go to a memorial service, seeing 200 people, telling 200 people what life is like in Indiana, and squeezing in some brief but cherished moments with family. Well I woke up today and I was still Monday, so back to work and back to blogging.
Funerals [...]
Religion Discount Fail
April 23, 2009Remembering Columbine
April 22, 2009Monday was the ten year anniversary of the horrible tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. I have been think about Columbine a lot the last couple of days and remembering what it was like ten years ago.
The day in April 1999 I was in my first year of seminary and working with the [...]
Hosea Podcast is Up
April 21, 2009The podcast of my sermon on Hosea is up now. Click here
Mondays are for Prostitute Ramblings…
April 20, 2009Somethings never change. Two beautiful days of spring warmth have returned to rain and cold. I am limping from another ankle injury and its Monday. So let’s get on with the excitement….
Marrying Prostitutes
Yesterday I preached on the book of Hosea, one of my favorite Old Testament books. The title of my sermon was, “What if [...]
Easter Fail
April 16, 2009I absolutely love the folks over at Fail Blog. Their examples of human failures remind me of how fallible we all are. And so now they have inspired me. I am now going to add periodic examples of religious failures.
This Hannah Montana Easter Basket I saw at Target is a major Easter Fail. Nothing says [...]
Tuesdays are for Easter Ramblings…
April 14, 2009I am not sure if there is a theological term for it, but most pastors I know experience what I call an Easter hangover. Yesterday I could hardly function. I took two naps. But that is a beautiful feeling, having left everything you are on in a moment of celebration and worship. Every week should [...]
Good Friday Verses
April 10, 2009Darkness came, evil enveloping the light of the world
No one wanted to take the blame or the credit
You crucify him, no you do it, they yelled back and forth
No one wanted the blood of Jesus on their hands
Slowly, excruciatingly, determined he walked
Wood digging into open wounds
Wounds given not because they were deserved or earned
Wounds given [...]
Maundy Thursday Commands
April 9, 2009Today is Maundy Thursday. The Old English word maundy comes from the the Latin mandatum which means command. The name comes from Jesus’ words to his disciples as they sat around the table the night he was betrayed. In John 13:34 Jesus said, “A new command I give you; Love one another. As I hve [...]
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