All Episodes

Casting our nets from the right side of the boat - 7.17.26

Becoming fluent in the language of blessing - 7.16.26

Broken cisterns - 7.15.26

Canceling cancel culture - 7.14.26

Cultivating a culture of blessing - 7.13.26

Recap MAV style 7.11.26

And men, this goes for you too - 7.10.26

Submission: the well-worn path - 7.9.26

Clean the inside of the cup and dish - 7.8.26

Radical submission in our relationships - 7.7.26

And, women, this goes for you too - 7.6.26

Recap MAV style - 7.4.26

Worship: Internalizing the heart of Jesus - 7.3.26

The ABC’s of radical submssion: Jesus - 7.2.26

Oh, what divine grace is here! - 7.1.26

If you have a chance at freedom, take it - 6.30.26

And, slaves, this goes for you too - 6.29.26

Recap MAV style…6.27.26

Take a posture of honor towards everyone - 6.26.26

The high ground: radical submission - 6.25.26

They’ll be spouting mystified praises - 6.24.26

Avoiding the dead marshes - 6.23.26

My dear friends: please, please, please - 6.22.26

It’s not rocket science! - 6.20.26

A gentle listener who keeps cool - 6.19.26

Ixnay on the fancy mental or emotional footwork - 6.18.26

Confusing my religion with my Savior - 6.17.26

A propensity to focus on Jesus - 6.16.26

Speaking of Jesus - 6.15.26

Embracing our new identity - 6.13.26

His treasured people - 6.12.26

The great reversal - 6.11.26

Living stones - 6.10.26

Newborns - 6.9.26

Time for a total makeover - 6.8.26

Rooting into holiness - 6.6.26

Walk out the washing! - 6.5.26

The high cost of holiness - 6.4.26

Be holy for I am holy - 6.3.26

Children fully inclined to their Father’s will - 6.2.26

Root into Holiness - 6.1.26

Peter’s one long opening sentence - 5.30.26

Things into which angels long to look - 5.29.26

A prospect that has you jumping for joy - 5.28.26

Birthed anew into a hope brimming with life - 5.27.26

Chosen outsiders who don’t belong - 5.26.26

Anchor into Hope - 5.25.26

First century sermon goes viral - 5.23.26

Be clothed with humility - 5.22.26

The end of all things is at hand! - 5.21.26

Here’s the point to which all of this is leading - 5.20.26

Like newborn infants crave the spiritual milk - 5.19.26

How do we live at the end of all things? 5.18.26

St. Francis and the Sultan - 5.16.26

Peace Passages - 5.15.26

Peacefakers, Peacebreakers, or Peacemakers? - 5.14.26

He himself is our peace - 5.13.26

Blessed are the peacemakers - 5.12.26

Helkathhazzurim - 5.11.26

Slow, steady, careful work - 5.9.26

Just keep at it - 5.8.26

A long obedience in the same direction - 5.7.26

Dreaming of the perfect community - 5.6.26

It takes time - 5.5.26

Staying together to grow - 5.4.26

A prayer as we are gathered here - 5.2.26

Turning outward - 5.1.26

Honest space - 4.30.26

Equitable time and space - 4.29.26

The healing of sexual brokenness - 4.28.26

Confessing our sins to one another - 4.27.26

Nothing spectacular happened - 4.25.26

Behold my brother, my sister, my mother - 4.24.26

Sabbatical space - 4.23.26

Healthy God-speak - 4.22.26

Primal mooring - 4.21.26

Sharing our joys and sorrows - 4.20.26

How sweet it is - 4.18.26

Initiating the thaw - 4.17.26

Refrigerator rights - 4.16.26

The table comes first - 4.15.26

Questions of food have taken on great importance - 4.14.26

Being family gathered around a common table - 4.13.26

Hardcore commitment
to a new way of doing life together - 4.11.26

It takes work - 4.10.26

Religion is essentially social - 4.9.26

Communion must be embodied - 4.8.26

When the Church was a Family - 4.7.26

The Practice of Community - 4.6.26

God’s homecoming - 4.5.26

The harrowing of hell - 4.4.26

The Binding of Satan - 4.3.26

A Tale of Two Suppers - 4.2.26

The haunt and the holy - 4.1.26

The riddle of the beast she rode - 3.31.26

The riddle of the sex-trafficking woman - 3.30.26

Holy Week: Revelation Style - 3.29.26

The deep breath before the plunge - 3.28.26

Bambi meets Godzilla - 3.27.26

There be monsters here! - 3.26.26

Restart: Signs from above, signs from below - 3.25.26

Can I get a witness? - 3.24.26

Sweet on the tongue, bitter in the belly - 3.23.26

Cosmic soundings - 3.22.26

Doom is on its way 3.21.26

Living in a world noisy with evil - 3.20.26

Veni Vidi Vici - 3.19.26

The Lamb, slaughtered but standing tall - 3.18.26

At the center is the Throne - 3.17.26

Readings in Revelation - 3.16.26

Letter to the American churches - 3.14.26

I stand at the door and knock…and knock…and knock - 3.13.26

Smart. Very smart - 3.12.26

Lukewarm - 3.11.26

Stale. Stagnant. Nauseating - 3.10.26

To the church @ Laodicea - 3.9.26

Lord, holy and true, bring on your Wind Words - 3.7.26

Pillars - 3.6.26

The time of testing - 3.5.26

The Great Reversal - 3.4.26

I’ve opened a door that no one can shut - 3.3.26

To the church @ Philadelphia - 3.2.26

Chop it down, and it still has a chance - 2.28.26

Christ’s triumphal procession - 2.27.26

A bruised reed he will not break - 2.26.26

Maybe there’s life in you yet - 2.25.26

Ichavod - 2.24.26

To the church @ Sardis - 2.23.26

Listen to the Wind Words - 2.21.26

More than turning the tables - 2.20.26

No lumping or clumping, people - 2.19.26

Unholy Disruption - 2.18.26

To the church @ Thyatira - 2.16.26

Lord, bring on your Wind Words…2.14.26

Are your ears awake? - 2.13.26

Sabotaging our holy pilgrimage - 2.12.26

Malkut ha-Shamaiyiim - 2.11.26

The Imperial Sword - 2.10.26

To the church @ Pergamum - 2.9.26

More than conquerors - 2.7.26

Quit not - 1.6.26

Fear naught - 2.5.26

I know your pain and poverty - 2.4.26

The Jesus Signature - 2.3.26

To the church @ Smyrna - 2.2.26

Wind Words - 1.31.26

You have left your first love - 1.30.26

To the church @ Ephesus - 1.29.26

Send it to the seven churches - 1.28.26

Eschatology: It’s a community thing - 1.27.26

Don’t get weird, go wide - 1.26.26

Then cometh the end - 1.24.26

Revelation for the rest of us - 1.23.26

Three Lenses for Revelation - 1.22.26

Making sense of apocalyptic literature – continued - 1.21.26

Making sense of apocalyptic literature 1.20.26

Oh so many startlements - 1.19.26

Pivoting to the practice of Community - 1.18.26

Doubling down on Demetrius - 1.17.26

Ditching Diotrephes - 1.16.26

Philoxenia - 1.15.26

Glad Heart - 1.14.26

The elder to the beloved Gaius - 1.13.26

May I please just recite verses? - 1.12.26

Reclaiming Conversation - 1.10.26

Bouncing the Foulfellows and Wormtongues - 1.9.26

Kyra and her kids - 1.8.26

The company love keeps - 1.7.26

To the honored woman and her children - 1.6.26

Pivot to practice: community - 1.5.26

God loves the lump of clay....1.3.26

Firing the clay - 1.2.26

Shaping the clay - 1.1.26

Centering the clay - 12.31.25

Treading the clay - 12.30.25

I went to the potter’s house - 12.29.25

Great is the Mystery of the God Story - 12.27.25

Waiting - 12.26.25

Return - 12.25.25

Exile - 12.24.25

Game of Thrones - 12.23.25

We three kings of orient are - 12.22.25

A Story Large Enough to hold All of Us - 12.20.25

Tales from the Backside - 12.19.25

A Tale of Two Joshuas - 12.18.25

The backside of God - 12.17.25

In just such a time, Moses was born - 12.16.25

The nameless man who saved the world - 12.15.25

The nature of our Story - 12.13.25

The other Joseph story - 12.12.25

Thin places for the ragamuffins - 12.11.25

Ragamuffin Gospel - 11.10.25

Room in the midst of famine - 12.9.25

Living with Laughter: it’s no joke - 12.8.25

We are creatures who think in stories - 12.6.25

All the families of the earth will be blessed - 12.5.25

Laughter as a way of life - 12.4.25

Impossible child - 12.3.25

A New Hope - 12.2.25

Exit the dragon – enter the Holy Night -12.1.25

The brave things in the old tales and songs - 11.29.25

Original glory - 11.28.25

In the beginning - 11.27.25

Remember our history and find the Primer - 11.26.25

Three interwoven narrative threads - 11.25.25

I wonder what sort of a tale we’ve fallen into - 11.24.25

Bonhoeffer’s reflection: Who am I? - 11.22.25

Two symbiotic rhythms: solitude and community - 11.21.25

From wish dream to divine reality - 11.20.25

Confronting the wish dream of community - 11.19.25

The Christian belongs not to the cloistered life - 11.18.25

Life Together - 11.17.25

One writer’s rule of life - 11.15.25

My personal habit stacking (before I knew what that was) - 11.14.25

Habit Stacking - 11.13.25

A concrete plan of action - 11.12.25

Implementation Intention - 11.11.25

Sit down and figure the cost - 11.10.25

I need to talk… 11.8.25

The God-setting-things-right - 11.7.25

He saw himself as he was - 11.6.25

Their throats are gaping graves - 11.5.25

No one’s living right; I can’t find a single one - 11.4.25

My sins are staring me down - 11.3.25

This being human is a guest house - 11.1.25

Making space for the pain of the world - 10.31.25

Let it do its work - 10.30.25

Then Job broke the silence - 10.29.25

Gethsemane: the olive press - 10.28.25

He plunged into an agonizing sorrow - 10.27.25

The premier psalm of spiritual formation - 10.25.25

Find what’s doable. Start there - 10.24.25

I run with purpose in every step - 10.23.25

Hupogrammon - 10.22.25

If you want the result, embrace the routine - 10.21.25

Reestablish contact with a slice of eternity - 10.20.25

Glacial growth: finding the wobble - 10.18.25

Counter-formation - 10.17.25

The relation intimate and organic - 10.16.25

Making a salvation garden of your life - 10.15.25

Be energetic in your life of salvation - 10.14.25

Transformation: It’s a God thing - 10.13.25

Where cravings come from - 10.11.25

A long and very much broken family line - 10.10.25

Something has gone wrong deep within me - 10.9.25

Reality check, then good news - 10.8.25

Changing our spots - 10.7.25

Formation: It’s a human thing - 10.6.25

I don’t talk. I simply listen - 10.4.25

A different way to learn - 10.3.25

Absorbing a new way of doing things - 10.2.25

More caught than taught - 10.1.25

Give them a compass - 9.30.25

Practicing the Way: the path of apprenticeship - 9.29.25

Liturgy for a perfectionist - 9.27.25

Living in God’s reality - 9.26.25

Taking a harder look in the mirror - 9.25.25

Let a man examine himself - 9.24.25

Investigate my life, O God - 9.23.25

Test yourselves - 9.22.25

And he followed him in the way - 9.20.25

And he followed him in the way - 9.19.25

And Jesus stopped - 9.18.25

A blind beggar – aka a son of honor - 9.17.25

The dark side of the moon - 9.16.25

WWJDIHWM - 9.15.25

Trekking tips - 9.13.25

Binge the hinge - 9.12.25

Organic Binge - 9.11.25

Pericopes - 9.10.25

BIG PICTURE reading - 9.9.25

Christ’s life shows me how - 9.8.25

My yoke is hard; My burden heavy - 9.6.25

Just being with him did something to me - 9.5.25

Turning God into a habit - 9.4.25

Practicing the Presence - 9.3.25

Learning to always be in two places at once - 9.2.25

A whole life process - 9.1.25

Keep company with me - 8.30.25

Rabbi, where are you staying? - 8.29.25

Basic transportation in the kingdom of God - 8.28.25

Burn your boats and go ahead - 8.27.25

Moving from the read to the road - 8.26.25

Who are you following? - 8.25.25

We’re being hunted - 8.23.25

In the presence of my enemies - 8.22.25

Of green pastures and still waters - 8.21.25

Living without lack - 8.20.25

A meadow of the heart - 8.19.25

The Lord is my Shepherd - 8.18.25

Backdrop:
More Moonwalking with Einstein - 8.16.25

More Second Meanings - 8.15.25

Second Meanings - 8.14.25

Story time: his story in me - 8.13.25

Story time: his story in us - 8.12.25

Prayer: rolling in it, and rolling it out - 8.11.25

Backdrop: Moonwalking with Einstein - 8.9.25

Like a weaned child - 8.8.25

Pivot psalm - 8.7.25

The Three Movements - 8.6.25

Whiplash - 8.5.25

Boundary lines in pleasant places - 8.4.25

Backdrop: Navigating the book of Psalms - 8.2.25

Statutes into songs - 8.1.25

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh - 7.31.25

From divine creed to political screed - 7.30.25

Rebel Yell - 7.29.25

By my God I leap over a wall - 7.28.25

Backdrop:
It’s a metaphor, man! - 7.26.25

Smite them, Almighty Smiter! - 7.25.25

To the choirmaster - 7.24.25

Sink - 7.23.25

pal-gei mah-yeem - 7.22.25

Creation’s theatre - 7.21.25

Backdrop:
The art of biblical poetry - 7.19.25

High Tide - 7.18.25

low tide - 7.17.25

Pause in His Presence - 7.16.25

Storied psalms - 7.15.25

Psalm Snippets - 7.14.25

Postscript: 7.12.25

just. show. up. - 7.11.25

The heartbeat of every practicum: Jesus - 7.10.25

Practicums: sometimes they’re highly irregular - 7.9.25

Roof top moments - 7.8.25

Practicum: engaged apprenticeship - 7.7.25

Postscript:
Less by contemplation, more by emulation - 7.5.25

idioglossia - 7.4.25

Intimacies with God in prayer - 7.3.25

And that is speaking in tongues - 7.2.25

seemybowtietiemybowtie - 7.1.25

Tongues of fire - 6.30.25

Exercising your prophetic muscle - 6.28.25

Prophecy in motion: the Agabus files, part 2 - 6.27.25

Prophecy in motion: the Agabus files, part 1 - 6.26.25

You can all prophesy (in turn) - 6.25.25

The meeting of heaven & earth on a human tongue - 6.24.25

Divine afflatus - 6.23.25

His most effective act of healing - 6.21.25

The hands of a healer - 6.20.25

The exception: redemptive suffering - 6.19.25

Keep it secret, keep it safe - 6.18.25

Bring health to the sick - 6.17.25

Jesus heals, we heal - 6.16.25

Wisdom on the ego and the soul - 6.14.25

The darker hues of discernment - 6.13.25

Behold, the power of discernment - 6.12.25

Mike, you have a gift - 6.11.25

These are the gifts of the body - 6.10.25

Discern the gifts - 6.9.25

Pentecost Prayer - 6.7.25

God’s Empowering Presence - 6.6.25

Spirit upon you - 6.5.25

Spirit in you - 6.4.25

Spirit with you - 6.3.25

The Holy Spirit in Three Movements - 6.2.25

Let something essential happen to me - 5.31.25

Ready for action - 5.30.25

We’ve been swimming in the Dead Sea far too long - 5.29.25

Son of man, can these bones live? - 5.28.25

We’ve never even heard of that – a Holy Spirit? - 5.27.25

From ancient rumor to everyday expectation - 5.26.25

Once Upon a Rhyme Blog - 5.24.25

They went out and announced the message
everywhere…5.23.25

These signs will happen around those who believe - 5.22.25

Hardheartedness - 5.21.25

They didn’t believe them either - 5.20.25

What do we do now – with a message of joy & belief in a cynical, unbelieving world - 5.19.25

Two readings on purpose - 5.17.25

Hang on – this is going to be bad - 5.16.25

Cracked up - 5.15.25

Labyrinthine - 5.14.25

The journey to our dreams is just that – a journey - 5.13.25

What do we do now – with our dreams & calling - 5.12.25

Doubter’s hymn - 5.10.25

Pressing forward through our doubts - 5.9.25

Toxic doubt: fatal distraction - 5.8.25

The rollcall of the doubtful - 5.7.25

He’s a digger - 5.6.25

What do we do now – with our doubts - 5.5.25

He told them a story - 5.3.25

A useful list of what’s still happening - 5.2.25

Don’t fear what they fear - 5.1.25

Listen…calm down…don’t be afraid - 4.30.25

Sitting in a bunker…here inside my wall 4.29.25

What do we do now – with our fear & anxiety - 4.28.25

Recipe for Raw Grief - 4.26.25

Speaking to our grief - 4.25.25

Entering the abyss of grief - 4.24.25

When grief takes a walk . . .4.23.25

Riding the train of grief - 4.22.25

What do we do now? - 4.21.25

Kingdom Come! - 4.20.25

Holy Saturday: buried with him - 4.19.25

Entering Good Friday Fullness - 4.18.25

It’s better for you that I go - 4.17.25

More than a rescuing narrative - 4.16.25

The Message on which you took your stand - 4.15.25

Then Jesus arrived from Nazareth…- 4.14.25

Behold, your King comes to you! - 4.13.25

Of Kingdoms and Covenants - 4.12.25

Cracked Icons - 4.11.25

Counter-kingdom: the Story’s minor key - 4.10.25

Original Blessing - 4.9.25

The Basic Reality of GOD - 4.8.25

What We Believe - 4.7.25

Sermon on the Mount - Recitation

Uchi deshi: Apprenticing to a master craftsman - 4.5.25

Kingdom point: more than applause - 4.4.25

Kingdom point: work these words into your life - 4.3.25

Kingdom point: the path, not the password - 4.2.25

Kingdom point: watch who you’re watching - 4.1.25

Kingdom Point: Practicing the Way

Keep dancing your prayers - 3.29.25

What love does: the fine art of giving & receiving - 3.28.25

What love does: measured speech - 3.27.25

What love does: offer a washcloth - 3.26.25

What love does - 3.25.25

Kingdom Principle: The Jesus Creed - 3.24.25

When Christ displaces worry - 3.22.25

Yes, this is how the world works - 3.21.25

This is not how the world works - 3.20.25

The First Sermon - 3.19.25

Careless in the Care of God - 3.18.25

Kingdom Posture: Don’t Worry…Be Happy - 3.17.25

Pray like this with hearts sincere - 3.15.25

Kingdom prayer: bring your good road to us - 3.14.25

Make the ask - 3.13.25

Take a seat on the bench - 3.12.25

Take words, and bring them with you - 3.11.25

After this manner therefore pray ye… 3.10.25

Master of Spiritual Life - 3.8.25

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention - 3.7.25

When you fast - 3.6.25

When you pray - 3.5.25

When you give to the needy - 3.4.25

Kingdom practice is non-performative - 3.3.25

A new power is in operation - 3.1.25

Relational compassion - 2.28.25

Relational integrity - 2.27.25

From surface to source - 2.26.25

From contrasts to extensions - 2.25.25

Kingdom righteousness: let the beatings commence - 2.24.25

Becoming God’s walking beatitude… 2.22.25

Sunburned - 2.21.25

From position to posture…continued - 2.20.25

From position to posture… 2.19.25

Pious Poison - 2.18.25

Kingdom portrait: a hot mess - 2.17.25

Sermon on the Mount - Recitation

Upon the Mountain, Jesus took his place… 2.15.25

One Sermon, so many lenses - 2.14.25

It is the Sermon that has endeared Jesus to me - 2.13.25

Reading the Sermon - 2.12.25

Encountering the Sermon - 2.11.25

This speech scours - 2.10.25

Sabbath is not an interlude:
it is the Climax of Living - 2.8.25

Step outside – gulp in the glory - 2.7.25

A festive parade of praise - 2.6.25

Sabbath: a dullard-free zone - 2.5.25

Filling time with spirit: full-bodied music - 2.4.25

A sacred palace in time - 2.3.25

Sabbath was and is and can be so many things… 2.1.25

Vividly physical - 1.31.25

A feast of pleasure, tears, laughter, and wonder - 1.30.25

The creative savage of our being - 1.29.25

An encounter with God’s delight - 1.28.25

The Sabbath: a day of delight - 1.27.25

Come to me and I will give you rest - 1.25.25

Let us take what he is so ready to give - 1.24.25

God himself is at rest - 1.23.25

A radical, countercultural act of resistance - 1.22.25

Today, if you will hear His Voice… - 1.21.25

There remains a Sabbath Rest for the people  - 1.20.25

Sabbath Blessing - 1.18.25

The Day of Preparation - 1.17.25

Stepping out of the traffic - 1.16.25

He let his work cease - 1.15.25

More than a diversion - 1.14.25

Full Stop - 1.13.25

Take a real rest - 1.11.25

See the marvels of God - 1.10.25

Stepping out of the traffic - 1.9.25

A bad business - 1.8.25

When Heaven fell quiet - 1.7.25

A thoroughly exhausting but much-needed exhale - 1.6.25

Savoring the entrée - 1.4.25

For such a time as this - 1.3.25

Block the toxic - 1.2.25

The baptismal palate cleanse - 1.1.25

Action over insight - 12.31.24

When the time was right, He went public - 12.30.24

Palate Cleanse - 12.29.2024

Advent Week 4 - Day 7: Love - 12.28.24

Advent Week 4 - Day 6: Love - 12.27.24

Advent Week 4 - Day 5: Love - 12.26.24

Advent Week 4 - Day 4: Love - 12.25.24

Advent Week 4 - Day 3: Love - 12.24.24

Advent Week 4: Worship Reflection - 12.23.24

Advent Week 4: Sabbath Reflection - 12.22.24

Advent Week 3 - Day 7: Joy - 12.21.24

Advent Week 3 - Day 6: Joy - 12.20.24

Advent Week 3 - Day 5: Joy - 12.19.24

Advent Week 3 - Day 4: Joy - 12.18.24

Advent Week 3 - Day 3: Joy - 12.17.24

Advent Week 3: Worship Reflection - 12.16.24

Advent Week 3: Sabbath Reflection - 12.15.24

Advent Week 2 - Day 7: Peace - 12.14.24

Advent Week 2 - Day 6: Peace - 12.13.24

Advent Week 2 - Day 5: Peace - 12.12.24

Advent Week 2 - Day 4: Peace - 12.11.24

Advent Week 2 - Day 3: Peace - 12.10.24

Advent Week 2: Worship Reflection - 12.9.24

Advent Week 2: Sabbath Reflection - 12.8.24

Advent Week 1 - Day 7: Hope - 12.7.24

Advent Week 1 - Day 6: Hope - 12.6.24

Advent Week 1 - Day 5: Hope - 12.5.24

Advent Week 1 - Day 4: Hope - 12.4.24

Advent Week 1 - Day 3: Hope - 12.3.24

Advent Week 1: Worship Reflection - 12.2.24

Advent Week 1: Worship & Sabbath Reflection - 12.1.24

Counting on God’s Rule to prevail - 11.30.24

Armagedon-outa-here - 11.29.24

Angry, you stomped through Earth - 11.28.24

The Earth Shaker - 11.27.24

Apocalypse Now - 11.26.24

Do among us what you did among them - 11.25.24

Shigaion - 11.24.24

High above politics, high above everything - 11.23.24

The LORD is in his holy temple...Listen! - 11.22.24

Mister Big Stuff, who do you think you are? (side B) - 11.21.24

Mister Big Stuff, who do you think you are? (side A) - 11.20.24

And then God answered... - 11.19.24

What’s God going to say to my questions? - 11.18.24

The bottom’s dropped out of the country! - 11.17.24

Thrust and parry - 11.15.24

The art of holy complaining - 11.14.24

How long, O Lord? How long? - 11.13.24

Meet Habakkuk - 11.12.24

Igniting hope - 11.11.24

A lamp shining in a dark place - 11.10.24

Joy Unbreakable - 11.9.24

The church at its best - 11.8.24

The happiest Being in the universe - 11.7.24

Sing, sing your hearts out to God! - 11.6.24

Drink the Spirit of God, huge drafts of him - 11.5.24

Godly defiance in a culture of doubt - 11.4.24

Celebrate God All Day, Everyday - 11.3.24

The Ultimate Redirection of Privilege - 11.2.24

The church at its best - 11.1.24

Redirecting Privilege: Sacrificial Generosity - 10.31.24

Power and Privilege First Century Style (continued) - 10.30.24

Power and Privilege First-Century Style - 10.29.24

He climbed the high mountain - 10.28.24

Sacrifice must resist privilege - 10.27.24

Don’t be loud. Be love - 10.26.24

More heart, less attack - 10.25.24

Loving your __ neighbor - 10.24.24

Two Minutes Hate - 10.23.24

Hate does too - 10.22.24

Loving like that - 10.21.24

Love Does - 10.20.24

Those brown, burning eyes of Francis Bernardone - 10.19.24

The Body: The Kingdom’s ultimate operating system - 10.18.24

Flipping the codes - 10.17.24

The honor filter - 10.16.24

Contempt goes to church - 10.15.24

The Rise of Contempt - 10.14.24

Honor must resist contempt - 10.13.24

Unscrew the locks from the doors! - 10.12.24

Dinner with a racist - 10.11.24

Spaces of welcome, Pockets of love - 10.10.24

Scandalously, unconditionally equals - 10.9.24

The Jesus Way of Hospitality - 10.8.24

Philoxenia - 10.7.24

Hospitality must resist fear - 10.6.24

In Praise of Fasting - 10.5.24

A circle of intensity and obedience - 10.4.24

Prayer and Fasting: The Mechanism of our Morphing - 10.3.24

So much food, so little power - 10.2.24

What is Fasting? - 10.1.24

Fasting: Horrible and Impossible - 9.30.24

Hunger must resist apathy - 9.29.24

In praise of Sabbath - 9.28.24

In praise of slowness - 9.27.24

All the time in the world - 9.26.24

Human Beings - 9.25.24

A Jesus Walkabout - 9.24.24

Learn the unforced rhythms of grace - 9.23.24

Rest must resist exhaustion - 9.22.24

The Psalter - 9.21.24

Iconoclast - 9.20.24

The Pernicious Idol of People-Pleasing - 9.19.24

My idol - 9.18.24

Turning good things into God things - 9.17.24

The Usual Variations Of Idolatry - 9.16.24

Worship Must Resist Idolatry - 9.15.24

Provincial, Nationalistic, And Small-Minded - 9.14.24

The church is still the fully - functioning body of Christ - 9.13.24

The Church is still the Temple of God - 9.12.24

The church is still the bride of Christ - 09.11.24

The New Resistance - 9.10.24

This Must Be Stronger Than That - 9.9.24

Resistance is Not Futile - 9.8.24

(A LITURGY BEFORE) Beginning a book... 9.7.24

SQ3R - 9.6.24

Eat This Book - 9.5.24

Find Your Fig Tree - 9.4.24

Do you understand what you are reading? - 9.3.24

Take and Read - 9.2.24

A LITURGY BEFORE Going to Work - 9.1.24

Get a move on - 8.31.24

Get a Rhythm - 8.30.24

Chunking the Text - 8.29.24

Extensive and Intensive, Little and Often - 8.28.24

I’m absorbed in pondering your wise counsel - 8.27.24

The lips - to - heart, heart - to - lips transfer - 8.26.24

God of all Grace - 8.25.24

And having done all, stand - 8.24.24

Solviture ambulando - 8.23.24

Opting for the latest fast horse - 8.22.24

Please be seated - 8.21.24

Sit | Walk | Stand - 8.20.24

A Beautiful Resistance - 8.19.24

As the Father sent me, I send you - 8.16.24

Waiting: making space for God to speak - 8.15.24

That was a fool thing to do... - 8.14.24

Wait for it... - 8.13.24

They that wait upon the Lord - 8.12.24

Prayer for those who are Sent - 8.11.24

The greatest commission - 8.10.24

As the Father sent me, I send you - 8.9.24

Divine sending: it’s ego-squashing - 8.8.24

Get going! - 8.7.24

I’m sending you - 8.6.24

Go to the land I will show you - 8.5.24

Let something essential happen to me - 8.4.24

From glory to glory - 8.3.24

rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain, rain - 8.2.24

Would you believe three touches? - 8.1.24

One staff, two prostrations, and seven sneezes - 7.31.24

Baptized seven times - 7.30.24

A two-touch healing - 7.29.24

A Student’s Prayer - 7.28.24

Life verses lead to life practices - 7.27.24

Let no one despise your youth - 7.26.24

Ah-go-neetz-zoh-meh-tha - 7.25.24

Exercise daily in God - 7.24.24

Lembas bread - 7.23.24

Seize the day, boys (and girls) - 7.22.24

Your Word my Mirth and Meal - 7.21.24

Rooted in good soil - 7.20.24

Honey that lights up the eyes - 7.19.24

Water from the rock that follows us - 7.18.24

Man-hu moments - 7.17.24

Bedrock foundation - 7.16.24

Life verses: Anchors for the soul - 7.15.24

Eve of Destruction? Not. So. Much. - 7.14.24

Your labor is not in vain - 7.13.24

What we do when we go and serve - 7.12.24

Going in and Going out - 7.11.24

Go and Serve - 7.10.24

Come and See - 7.9.24

An exemplary life in the neighborhood - 7.8.24

O Me! O Life! - 7.7.24

Make yourselves at home, work for the city’s welfare - 7.6.24

Letter to the Exiles in Babylon - 7.5.24

So much life - 7.4.24

Centers of cultural intensity - 7.3.24

The City: humanity intensified - 7.2.24

Up on your feet and go to the City… - 7.1.24

Take the step - 6.30.24

This is my son! - 6.29.24

Sifting, sifting, sifting - 6.28.24

Yochanan’s murky mikveh - 6.27.24

They went for it in the water - 6.26.24

Fill the Potholes! - 6.25.24

Quite the splash - 6.24.24

When I See You - 6.23.24

Stand by me - 6.22.24

A long obedience in the same direction - 6.21.24

Abraham: our faith-father - 6.20.24

Amen, Amen - 6.19.24

Straight-arrow God - 6.18.24

Solid. Solid as a rock. - 6.17.24

An Ode to khesed – His and Ours - 6.16.24

The refrain of khesed - 6.15.24

I. Want. Khesed. - 6.14.24

A long-term deal - 6.13.24

The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away - 6.12.24

Not the least of the mercies… - 6.11.24

The untranslatable word we must translate - 6.10.24

Aflame with fiery love - 6.9.24

The wrath of God in the teaching of Jesus - 6.8.24

To the third and the fourth - 6.7.24

Responsive not resident - 6.6.24

When God’s nostril’s flare - 6.5.24

Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord - 6.4.24

Grace: the last best word - 6.3.24

Grounded by Grace - 6.2.24

The wide-open spaces of God’s grace - 6.1.24

The One God seen in the Face of Jesus - 5.31.24

Sinners in the hands of a loving God - 5.30.24

Manhandled by grace - 5.29.24

Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord - 5.28.24

Grace: the last best word - 5.27.24

Feasting on your Kindness - 5.26.24

Visceral love - 5.25.24

Therefore, in view of God’s mercies… - 5.24.24

Ruhamah - 5.23.24

El Shaddai - 5.22.24

Caressing chaos - 5.21.24

The Womb of God - 5.20.24

Awed by your Glory - 5.19.24

Speaking the Fivefold Name - 5.18.24

God’s Big Reveal - 5.17.24

He whose Name must not be spoken - 5.16.24

My Back but not my Face - 5.15.24

Backstory to Moses’ Big Ask - 5.14.24

Moses’ Big Ask - 5.13.24

A Liturgy for Changing Diapers - 5.12.24

An Ode to Woman (continued) - 5.11.24

An Ode to Woman - 5.10.24

You’re fussing far too much - 5.9.24

Ditch the list! - 5.8.24

Eshet chayil - 5.7.24

A Week of Biblical Womanhood - 5.6.24

A Liturgy for the Paying of Bills - 5.5.24

More words of the wise to the wise - 5.4.24

A word from the wise to the wise - 5.3.24

What a wildly wonderful world, God! - 5.2.24

Doom on you who buy up all the houses! - 5.1.24 (Copy)

God gives you power to make money - 4.30.24

A consistency that runs through us all - 4.29.24

Teaching story: A rich fool and a trusting widow - 4.28.24

Steep your life in God-reality - 4.27.24

Why don’t you take a hike? - 4.26.24

Fussing in the mirror - 4.25.24

Look at the birds, free and unfettered - 4.24.24

Foodies and Fashionistas - 4.23.24

Money on the Mount – Fourth reading - 4.22.24

Teaching story: The talents - 4.21.24

I sit on a man’s back - 4.20.24

Saint Francis: the other rich young ruler - 4.19.24

Like a green machine - 4.18.24

money, money, money - 4.17.24

Serving God, serving money - 4.16.24

Money on the Mount – Third reading - 4.15.24

Teaching story: The Helping Heretic - 4.14.24

Just enough for both of us - 4.13.24

His most excellent harmonies - 4.12.24

We won’t be remembered for what we said, but for how available we were. - 4.11.24

They all ate their fill - 4.10.24

You’re not in a war, you’re in a community - 4.9.24

Money on the Mount – second reading - 4.8.24

Teaching story: The Wasteful Son - 4.7.24

Money is like water - 4.6.24

Eyes wide in wonder - 4.5.24

Investment by divestment - 4.4.24

Money on the Mount – the reading - 4.3.24

Money on the Mount - 4.2.24

Money & Soul - 4.1.24

There is a river… - 3.31.24

The Wood Between the Worlds - 3.30.24

No cross, No resurrection - 3.29.24

Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones! - 3.28.24

The dead son! - 3.27.24

Talitha Koum! - 3.26.24

Practice Resurrection - 3.25.24

Night and Day - 3.24.24

Yee-hee Or - 3.23.24

Lunar spirituality - 3.22.24

The deep and lovely dark - 3.21.24

All the God colors of this world - 3.20.24

The man born blind - 3.19.24

I Am the light of the World - 3.18.24

O Good Shepherd, - 3.17.24

Be still. It is I. You have nothing to fear. - 3.16.24

The shepherd who walks on stormy waters - 3.15.24

I’ll appoint one shepherd over them all - 3.14.24

A church called “Tov” - 3.13.24

Bad Shepherds - 3.12.24

I Am the Good Shepherd - 3.11.24

O Bread of Life - 3.10.24

Bring back the table - 3.9.24

The Table comes first - 3.8.24

Make the people sit down - 3.7.24

Holy Hunger - 3.6.24

A fine, flakey something on the ground - 3.5.24

I am the Bread of Life - 3.4.24

The Road to our happy renovation - 3.3.24

Jesus noticed one particular man - 3.2.24

The Way by the pool of Bethesda - 3.1.24

Unholy Jesus Wars - 2.29.24

…no one comes to the Father but by me - 2.28.24

I am the Way, the true one, the living one… - 2.27.24

I Am the Way - 2.26.24

Persistence opens the door - 2.25.24

The off-putting door - 2.24.24

The healing of a nobleman’s son - 2.23.24

They will go in & go out & find pasture - 2.22.24

Posers, Fakers, and Wannabees - 2.21.24

I Am the Gate of the Sheep - 2.20.24

I Am the Door - 2.19.24

Messengers of the Vine - 2.18.24

Divine Vintage - 2.17.24

From vine to wine at a wedding - 2.16.24

Slow serenade - 2.15.24

The Vinedresser - 2.14.24

Intimate and organic - 2.13.24

I Am the Vine - 2.12.24

John’s Prologue - 2.11.24

The Divine Exegete - 2.10.24

A flesh-and-blood human being - 2.9.24

The darkness has not overcome it - 2.8.24

In the beginning was the Word… - 2.7.24

The Big Picture of John’s Gospel - 2.6.24

Who do you say I am? - 2.5.24

Toddling towards Love - 2.4.24

Love: the eternal optimist - 2.3.24

What Love does not - 2.2.24

Clearly, love is not running for office - 2.1.24

Love does – but love is more than doing - 1.31.24

Lost in translation - 1.30.24

What’s in your bucket? - 1.29.24

Three minutes at a time - 1.28.24

Corn Spirit - 1.27.24

Sky God - 1.26.24

Philoxenia - 1.25.24

Glad Heart - 1.24.24

The elder to the beloved Gaius… - 1.23.24

May I please just recite verses? - 1.22.24

Bonhoeffer: “They have not made people who love” - 1.21.24

Reclaiming Conversation - 1.20.24

Bouncing the Foulfellows and Wormtongues - 1.19.24

Kyra and her kids - 1.18.24

The company love keeps - 1.17.24

To the honored woman and her children… - 1.16.24

Pivot to Practice - 1.15.24

Bonhoeffer: The burning fire of love - 1.14.24

Where love is there can be no fear - 1.13.24

It’s showtime, folks! - 1.11.24

Loving the Spearmakers - 1.12.24

Love is a many-storied thing - 1.10.24

Becoming Love because He Became Love - 1.9.24

Becoming Love - 1.8.24

Beneath the din and fury, make me attentive still - 1.7.24

This is why I’m here - 1.6.24

Holy killer instinct Batman! - 1.5.24

A compelling vision - 1.4.24

Remember Lot’s wife - 1.3.24

No backward glances - 1.2.24

Straining towards what’s ahead - 1.1.24

Micah’s prayer - 12.31.23

Remember our history! - 12.30.23

The matter is concluded - 12.29.23

Facing the music - 12.28.23

Healthy closure is not premature closure - 12.27.23

Backing into the Future - 12.26.23

This one thing I do… - 12.25.23

Let the star of morning arise - 12.24.23

Pregnant with God - 12.23.23

Blessed are you among women - 12.22.23

She said “Yes” - 12.21.23

God’s home in the womb of an actual woman - 12.20.23

How do we solve a problem like Maria - 12.19.23

Standing on the shoulders of Mary of Nazareth - 12.18.23

He was taken up into heavenly glory - 12.17.23

He was believed in all over the world - 12.16.23

He was proclaimed among all kinds of peoples - 12.15.23

He was seen by angels - 12.14.23

He was proved right by the invisible spirit - 12.13.23

God appeared in a body - 12.12.23

A Christmas Carol - 12.11.23

A prayer for tired, angry ones - 12.10.23

Man of Peace - 12.9.23

The Man - 12.8.23

Gathered - 12.7.23

The Harmed One - 12.6.23

Hopes & Dreams - 12.5.23

Standing on Bathsheba’s Shoulders - 12.4.23

Come, Holy Spirit, and Restore - 12.3.23

It's Coming Around Again - 12.2.23

A Vocation of Groaning - 12.1.23

Bearers of the Unbearable - 11.30.23

Good Grief - 11.29.23

Transgressive Hessid - 11.28.23

Standing on Ruth's Shoulders - 11.27.23

Come, Holy Spirit, and Restore - 11.26.23

Rahab- Good News for the foreigner, immigrant, and those facing judgment - 11.25.23

Symbols and Promises - 11.24.23

Living Faith - 11.23.23

God of the Heavens Above and Earth Below - 11.22.23

Wide and Spacious Love - 11.21.23

Standing on Rahab's Shoulders - 11.20.23

Standing on the shoulders of storytellers - 11.19.23

Birthing justice - 11.18.23

Something salvaged from the sorted - 11.17.23

God works with what we give Him - 11.16.23

Ewww… - 11.15.23

Palm Tree - 11.14.23

Hidden Figures - 11.13.23

The Guesthouse - 11.12.23

To plumb the mystery with a new sense - 11.11.23

The guardian of a precious slice of life - 11.10.23

I’ve found the recipe! - 11.9.23

A Center of Peace in the madhouse - 11.8.23

Let petitions shape your worries into prayers - 11.7.23

Celebrate God all day every day - 11.6.23

Centering Song - 11.5.23

Better endings - 11.4.23

Sisters offended - 11.3.23

My joy and crown - 11.2.23

Citizens of high heaven - 11.1.23

…bad company - 10.31.23

Good Company - 10.30.23

Centering Song - 10.29.23

My Business Is South - 10.28.23

Eye On the Prize - 10.27.23

Skubala - 10.26.23

My Religious Portfolio - 10.25.23

Knife-Happy Flesh Cutters - 10.24.23

Dance With Glad Hearts - 10.23.23