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Pope Francis on Humans, Nature, and Power

Pope Francis’s much anticipated encyclical entitled “Praised Be: On the [...]

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Impact of a Sermon

Long ago, my wife and I were vacationing at a small, rustic resort in northern Wisconsin. The [...]

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Abundance and Need

No sooner does one election cycle end these days than another begins. Into the midst of this [...]

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“I Couldn’t Hear a Thing”

A very elderly gentleman greeted me at the end of [...]

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Turning the World Right Side Up

The book of Acts narrates how, in the years following [...]

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Sermon Review

My dad once told me a story about preaching instruction during his time in seminary that would [...]

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Resurrection Community on Earth

Easter and post-Easter lectionary passages naturally dwell on resurrection and [...]

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Provoking a Response

In seminary, I was given two contradictory bits of advice regarding sermons: Your job is to proclaim. [...]

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God of Death and Life

Death and life dominate the Lenten lectionary in March, beginning on the first day with Abram’s childlessness [...]

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Packers, Cowboys, and the Power of Hate

I cheered for the Green Bay Packers recently and I’m [...]