The first writing prompt or an essay in process.
Writing Prompts: Finding A New American Narrative
The Sermon Clip: We Want to Love People…Just Not You
We want to love people, we just want to make sure they are on our side.
Sermon: Won’t You Be A Neighbor?
"Will we stop wondering who we can be a neighbor and focus on how we can be a neighbor?"
Sermon: While It Was Still Dark
While it was still dark meant that sin and evil are in power. God feels distant if not absent. Mary was feeling had to feel like God was distant. Where was God when Jesus was on the cross? Did God care? It’s hard to believe in God when it’s dark.
Sermon: Setting Our Face Towards Jerusalem
First Christian Church isn’t closing. We are moving, but we aren’t closing. But how can we live? What is the mission that God is giving us?
Bad Stewardship Killed Sears and Kmart
It’s important for companies to make a profit, but it’s also important for companies to be good stewards.
Sermon: Love, In the Time of Nuclear War
As a congregation, we sit at an interesting juncture. Some of us ask questions like where are we headed? Will we survive? Those are legitimate questions. I don’t know what we need to specifically do, but the answer right now is to love.
Vespers: Happy Pride
What do LGBTQ people mean when they talk about pride?
Podcast Clip: The Church as Truth Teller
The church needs to be a truthteller, which means the church is willing to speak the truth even if it means attacking sacred cows that people like.
Vespers: Every New Beginning Comes From Some Other’s Beginning’s End
The new beginning is coming and we give thanks. The old beginning is ending and we give thanks.
The Clockwork Pastor 