Things came together calendar-wise for a message that both celebrated American freedom and pointed out that living as a citizen of the Kingdom is not the same as being a citizen of the USA. And it was a sermon based on pronouns.  Or the lack of them. Week 2 of “On The Up And Up,” Read the full article…

What does an ancient piece of Hebrew poetry like Psalm 122 have to do with the 4th of July weekend in the USA. Quite a lot, actually. And the reason why has everything to do with the pronouns. To see what I mean, it’s Sunday.  8:30.  10.  11:30.    

I’ve noticed that I keep hearing the same things come out of my mouth. So I’m not really saying more.  I’m saying the same things in different contexts and in different settings and to different people. Here are a few: And there’s two more coming out in September! She turns 100 in November. The bible’s Read the full article…

Earlier this week, I was able to visit in the home of a man who has been home bound for most of the last year. My schedule opened up in a way that I could drop by his place in the early evening and suddenly it was 1995 all over again:  an impromptu visit, an Read the full article…

So last Friday, I wasn’t going to Tweet about it. I wasn’t going to get on Facebook and argue about it. I wasn’t even going to change my Sunday sermon to address it directly. Instead, I’ve located some wise voices to speak into what it means that marriage equality is now the law of the Read the full article…