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#SundayWisdom
The CANA Initiative (Convening, Advocating, Networking, Acting) is a collective of faith-engaged people and entities (Roman Catholic, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, Orthodox, and other Christians...
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Drive-Through Prayer
After last week’s piece about a drive-in church, the idea of drive-through prayer doesn’t seem strange at all. Estero United Methodist Church, a church near where I live, is providing drive-through...
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Pope Francis Goes to Confession
Popes going to Confession is nothing new, and the current Pope going to confession isn’t newsworthy. Pope Francis decision, however, to go off script yet again in a penance service is. Rather than...
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A Unique Lenten Discipline
Last year I shared the story of an unusual Lenten discipline: Shawnthea Monroe, senior minister of Plymouth Church, chose to wear a collar for Lent. This year, I encountered an even more unique Lenten...
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Most Popular Sermons
We are now almost two weeks into the second half of the year known as 2015. A few weeks ago I shared my most popular blog posts from the first half of the year. Today, I offer my most popular...
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A Lenten Call to Action
Lent Logo by jezobeljones – flickr.com/photos/62765012@N00/399078301/ Lent is here. For many this is a season of increased emphasis on the religious life. Giving Up For most of my life, I participated...
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Giving Up the Church I Always Knew
For the last fifteen or so years I’ve focused on approaching life, ministry, and the life of faith from a both/and perspective rather than the either/or framework that was normative in my earlier...
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It’s Lent Again (#1978)
Lent has always been a big deal to me. I grew up Presbyterian. I spent 20+ years in parish ministry. And, I tend to appreciate anything that inspires more focused action in life or in the life of...
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Lent, License Plates, & Christian Nationalism (#2035)
About this time last year I shared an unusual religious license plate – a cross beside “REP3NT” – in a wide ranging reflection titled “It’s Lent Again.” While focusing on my Lenten journey for 2022,...
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An Unusual Way to Begin to Lent (#2108)
I have spent my entire life in Mainline Protestant denominations that observe Lent. While every congregation I’ve been a part of brings its own unique context to this observance, certain elements have...
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