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Look at the Child
Restoration Amidst the Ruins
The Great Multitude of the Saints
Life from the Lifeless
God the Liberator
The Thin Place of Liminality
Ordinary Scene in an Extraordinary Story
Sarah Laughs and Hagar Weeps
Laughable Hope
The Creative Space of Chaos
I’m just regular dust: A reflection on Ash Wednesday
Why are you still a follower of Jesus?
A Wonky Advent Wreath
The Light that Follows the Darkness: A Funeral Meditation
Echoes of 1857
To be Reformed is About Belonging
The Hidden Life
To Our Home’s New Owner
Rethinking the Artificial Binary
Digressions in Church Polity: The Reformed Church and Its Constitution
Digressions in Church Polity: There are no members of the Reformed Church in America
The tension of the green season
Wait…Where are we going?
The Redemptive Wilderness
Not Always Calm and Bright
Finding Hope Amidst Tragedy
The Voice That Wakes the Dead
Pierced with Grace
God’s Graciously Stubborn Refusal to Give Up
The Tragically Unfinished Work of Reconciliation
Knocking in the Night
Up from the grave
The unfair mercy of God
Bring Me Your Nothing
The Siren Song of Success
Leaning into the Wilderness
One Word for 2015: Wonder
The Deception of Carols
Finding Our Way
From Family Churches to Church Families
Fear or Hope?
The Ordinary Ones
A letter to Martin Luther on Reformation Day
Blessed are the Autumn Daisies
After God’s Own Heart
On Litmust Tests and a Fractured Witness
From Beyond the River
The Ten Words
On the Death of a Church
Future Glory
Hump Day Hymns: ‘Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
Number Worship and Strategic Salvation
Why I Welcome the Demise of Christendom
Wounds in the Body of Christ
When you can’t find the words
When God sits at your bedside
In the Bleak Midwinter
The Fourth Magus
Autumn
Stepping Into the Unknown
Choosing the Better Part
Hump Day Hymns: Welcome, Sweet Day of Rest
Turning Faces
Deep seated pieties
Assembling the church with young adults at the table
Reaching Into the Dark
Where have I been?
Hump Day Hymns: Christian, Dost Thou See Them
Faithful Foreigners
Hump Day Hymns: Come, Lord, and Tarry Not
Life on a State Highway
Spectator or Witness
The Future Hope to Live Now
Curiosity on a Sunny Saturday Morning
Hump Day Hymns: O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
The Simplest and Most Difficult Commandment
Speaking of Sin
Hump Day Hymns: O Thou from whom all goodness flows
Waiting for the Mail Carrier
Hump Day Hymns: If Christ is mine, then all is mine
“Do you love me?” – Sunday’s Sermon
Gazing out the window
Hump Day Hymns: Father, whate’er of earthly bliss
Seeing with New Eyes
Pulling Back the Cobwebs
Hump Day Hymns: Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed
Hump Day Hymns – Lent edition: The Glory of These Forty Days
Tuesdays are for Thanks: Coffee
Hump Day Hymns: Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
Tuesdays are for Thanks: Snow
The Saturday Demon
Hump Day Hymns: Dear Refuge of My Weary Soul
Tuesdays are for Thanks: City Reformed Church
Hump Day Hymns: Lord, as Thou Wilt, Deal Thou with Me
A Brush With Grace
Hump Day Hymns: Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat
Why I Write
Hump Day Hymns: Sometimes a Light Surprises
Looking Back and Looking Forward
Christmas in a train station
The light shines
On not being afraid
Hump Day Hymns {Advent Edition}: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Hurry as an Enemy of Faith
Advent in Tension
A Fresh Start
Hump Day Hymns {Advent Edition}: Comfort, Comfort You My People
“‘…for I am the LORD who heals you.’”
Hump Day Hymns: Lord, We Confess Our Numerous Faults
Being faithful with my little
Hump Day Hymns: My Hope is Built on Nothing Less
When there is nothing to say
Hump Day Hymns: What God Ordains is Always Good
Meeting God at Lake Michigan
When the loss feels more significant than the gain
Living with what used to be
Hump Day Hymns: Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Reflections on One Year of Ordained Ministry
When it All Comes Together
Hump Day Hymns: With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh
this building is a mess
Marginalia of a Past Life
Hump Day Hymns: Abide with Me
“…God is bigger than the bogeyman…”
Hump-Day Hymns: For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest
Is This What it is Like?
…God First Loved Us
A Cross in my Hand
“…With Sighs Too Deep for Words”
Earnestly Praying for Peace
Simple Things Like Coffee
The Minister as Particular Theologian
Shelter From the Rain
Hump-Day Hymns: Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face
Home
Hump-Day Hymns: Lord, I Want to Be a Christian
The Idea of Brokenness is Great…
Striving With God
Hump-Day Hymns: Be Still, My Soul
Denominational Unity?
Hump-Day Hymns: Blest Be the Tie That Binds
How the Teacher Becomes the Student
Hump-Day Hymns: The Doxology
My Only Comfort
I’m Guest Blogging Today!
That Which Gives Us Value
Hump-Day Hymns: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
I almost gave up on someone, and I’m glad I didn’t
Sin and Restoration, Patriarchy and Mutuality
Hump-Day Hymns: Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Connection with God in the Midst of Concrete and Steel
The City and the Redemption of Creation
On Being Dried Up
Examining Students of Theology
Our Greatest Need? Hope
Get up (or sit down) and eat!
Blogging and Ministry
On Being a Doubter-Sensitive Church
Water From the Rock
First Words in Worship
Ministry is terrific…or is it terrible?
“Being” as witness to the resurrection
The Rev. Lawn Mower
Accepting Jesus as Personal Savior? (Part 2)
Accepting Jesus as Personal Savior? (Part 1)
Evangeli-mainline-icalism
The Spirituality of Public Transportation
Reflections on my faith and the Church
My Un-Cool Church
“Lord, teach us to pray…”
Pastoral Imagination
The Most Important Task of a Minister (Part Two)
The Most Important Task of a Minister (Part One)
Why a Reformed Presence is Important in the City
Stewardship in the Inner City
“Remember, you are dust…”
Walking the Neighborhood
Recovering Evangelism
Writing Letters
Sitting In My Office
Why I’m Avoiding Christmas Music During Advent
Advent in a Wintry Eschatological Perspective
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