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A Review: The Promise of Despair by Andrew Root

The Foreboding Place of Promise [...]

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A Review: Making Sense of Scripture: Big Questions about the Book of Faith, by David J. Lose

“I’m sorry, pastor, but where [...]

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Earthquakes, God, and Living with Mystery

I appreciate the literary critic James Wood’s recent op-ed piece [...]

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A review: Up in the Air

Is it possible in a world where hundreds of jets [...]

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“Writing for the Ear”

One of the hardest things to do in a preaching class is teach students to [...]

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Rise Up, It’s Advent

Last Sunday, listening to the children’s choir, I heard them sing this line: We light [...]

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A review: Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore

This book is sure to [...]

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The Lord’s Prayer and Its Relevance in Today’s Context

St. Augustine says, “Pray as [...]

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Preaching About the Bible

Why doesn’t anyone read the Bible anymore? Okay, so some [...]

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The Jesus We Follow, and Preach

“The unexamined Christ is not worth having.” So reads the [...]