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Was Jesus an idiot? God’s response to evil.

Something is wrong, terribly wrong with our world. Anders Behring Breivik’s mass killings in Norway were followed by Tan Do’s shooting of 5 family members and himself near Dallas. For me these events...

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Enemy Love: How to absorb hate and end the cycle of violence

Every now and again things come into sharp focus. It happened to me recently. Tears instantly poured down my cheeks. I’ve been following several news stories that tugged my heart strings, and, like...

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What would you do if your child was killed in a mass shooting?

I for one have no idea what I would do; the infinite abyss of darkness loosing one of my children would create doesn’t allow me to see beyond. I do however, know what one Christian community in rural...

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How I want to be in the midst of anxiety

Do not be anxious – about anything – but in all things, with prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to the Lord. Philippians 4:6 How I am and how I want to be in the midst of...

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Listening Dialogue

She disagreed with me. Publicly. And it was perfectly ok. In fact its happening more and more. People publicly saying clearly what is so for them when it differs from my own perspective… and it being...

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No! Houston Council don’t read those sermons!!! (But not for the reason you...

 Is this the story about the church you want the world to see??? Restricting equal rights continues to be the media story embraced as definitive of Houston’s Christian community. Systemically...

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Merry [NONVIOLENT] Christmas! (The stunning effectiveness of nonviolence)

The Promise of Christmas bursts into both the personal and public realm through Isaiah's imaginative symbolism. The light shines in the darkness, putting death's dark shadow to flight! A truly...

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Police Use of Force in Context

Are weapons necessary for the work of policing and detective work? I’ve always assumed – as given me by our shared social imagination – that guns were essential to how police need to operate.  Law and...

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SURVIVAL OF THE FRIENDLIEST: Human Evolution & Lenten Suffering

What if human evolution happened not “red in tooth and claw” with the fit surviving at the expense of the weak, but over time – vast amounts of time – the pressure cooker of suffering and tension led...

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CHARLESTON: Is it still possible for white people to love?

I’m wrestling with a question tonight that haunts me… is God’s salvation potent enough to dismantle this present evil? And make no mistake, what’s happened in Charleston is evil. This tragedy is...

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