Christ is everywhere. God, help us see!
I don't get liturgical dance. Don't get me wrong, I like different kinds of art in worship services, but my experience with liturgical dance is that I don't usually understand it. My wife, on the other hand, has been a competitive dancer. She's introduced me to the FOX show, So You Think You Can Dance. Enjoyable as the show is, there was one dance this season that surprised me.
Read MoreIn the post-dissertation defense festivities, my doctoral advisor challenged me on my unintentional Calvinism. I had consistently written of the God who is revealed to us in Jesus. While this may not sound like much, the challenge to move away from language of revelation sparked my imagination.
Read MoreThis Earth Day it seems appropriate to remind ourselves that Christian Faith is actually a faith that encourages good stewardship of creation.
Read MoreIf you're a public leader of a Lutheran congregation in the United States, chances are that the people in your congregation are doing a lot more than you think.
Read MoreA god that need not be present or active is at best the god of Deism who shows no continuing involvement with creation. Jesus entered into creation because of the relationship God began with creation.
Read MoreHolidays can be hard for lots of people for lots of reasons. The long memory of the church recognizes this, even if the current incarnation of the church falls short of this at times. In songs and days of remembrance, the church attends to the reality of our lives when culture would otherwise pretend that all should be well even though it isn't.
Read MoreFor those who blinked or got caught up in the celebrations around the election of the ELCA's first female presiding bishop, we also decided to start a conversation about communion. It should be obvious that this conversation interests me.
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