Sunday, June 19, 2011

Trinity Sunday 2011

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"Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth: Set up your kingdom in our midst. "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God: Have mer...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Western PA Annual Conference 2011 in Review

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We had a fine Annual Conference last week. From June 9-12, the people called United Methodist in western Pennsylvania gathered at Grove City...
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Sunday, April 24, 2011

Easter 2011

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"After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. "There was ...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Palm Sunday 2011

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"A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds ...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

On the Lenten Lectionary

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"The temptation for this Sunday and the next several Sundays will be to omit readings and/or to shorten the lengthy gospel readings. Re...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Devil in Disguise

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"...the Spirit led Jesus up into the wilderness so that the devil might tempt him. After Jesus had fasted for forty days and forty nigh...
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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Simeon the Buzzkill

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"Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, 'This boy is assigned to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel...
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Advent Blog Tour 2010

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The season of Advent is underway, a holy time of year in which the Church prepares herself for the celebration of Christmas. Advent is a wo...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Prayer on Election Day

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Lord God of all creation, you rule and judge all nations; you scatter the arrogant of mind and heart; you cast down rulers from their throne...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Why Christians Should Celebrate Halloween, Part 3: Racism & Incarnational Ministry

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It's hard to believe in 2010, but there once was in the United States a tremendous amount of racist energy directed at people of Scotti...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Why Christians Should Celebrate Halloween, Part 2: The Lordship of Christ & Colossians 2

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"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic princi...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Why Christians Should Celebrate Halloween, Part 1: A Holiday History

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In ancient times, a grand celebration was held to remember the coming of salvation into the world. A god had been born as a human baby, enfl...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Greatest Classic Monsters (2010 edition)

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1 - Vampires (best: Schreck, 1921; Lugosi, 1931; Lee, 1958) 2 - Frankenstein's Monster(s) (best: Karloff, 1931; Karloff & Lancheste...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Worst Trick-or-Treat items to receive (2010 edition)

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1 - Necco wafers 2 - Bible tracts denouncing Halloween as Satanic (just turn off your porch light and don't participate, folks; it'...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Willimon words

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"The pastor is [often] reduced to the level of the soother of anxieties brought on by the dilemmas of affluence, rather than the caller...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

My Tweets from Wesleyan Leadership Conference, Day 3 (10/16/10)

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Day 3 featured a roundtable discussion with Taylor Burton-Edwards (@twbe), Sandy Jackson, Scott Kisker, and Don Woolley, mediated by Steve M...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

My Tweets from Wesleyan Leadership Conference, Day 2 (10/15/10)

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Day 2 speakers included Taylor Burton-Edwards (@twbe) of GBOD, Alabama pastor Don Woolley and Sandy Jackson of GBOD (and a native of the Wes...
Monday, October 18, 2010

My Tweets from Wesleyan Leadership Conference, Day 1 (10/14/10)

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Most of these are from Dr Scott Kisker, professor of history @ Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC. He was the conference's key...
Monday, October 11, 2010

Broadening & Focusing the "Bullying" Conversation

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There has been a good deal of discussion on the social networks and in the media recently about bullying. The conversation, while appearing ...
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Thursday, October 07, 2010

Ambition & Success

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"I am convinced that personal pastoral ambition, and a pastoral ethic centered around productivity and success is brutal to our souls a...