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The Baptism of the Lord Jesus
Today we continue the season of Epiphany. To learn more about what Epiphany is all about, go here. We begin each week with a reflection that includes scriptures and prayers that can be used every day...
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Immersed in the Life of God
As we continue to observe Epiphany, we hope you begin each day with our weekly scriptures and prayers that are posted each Monday. I don’t know about you but I am really enjoying the process of working...
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Like fine wine
As we continue our observance of Epiphany, we encourage you to begin each day with our weekly reflection. Ok, I admit it. I’ve always been bothered by this story. When I was young, I was disturbed by...
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Transfiguration: A Climactic Epiphany
Today we enter the final week of Epiphany. To learn more about what Epiphany is all about, go here. We begin each week with a reflection that includes scriptures and prayers that can be used daily as...
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At Ground Level
During this final week of Epiphany, we hope that you begin each day with this week’s daily reflection. As Moses came down from the mountain in Exodus 34, he wasn’t aware that his face was shining. I...
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First Week of Lent: 40 Days
This week, we begin our first full week of Lent. To find out more about Lent, go here. We begin each week with a reflection that includes scriptures and prayers that can be used daily as meditation and...
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Why is this Friday so Good?
As we have walked through the final week of Jesus’ life during Holy Week, we hope you have experienced both death and resurrection in deeper ways. Today, as we continue the road to resurrection, we...
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Three ways to be ordinary
One of the reasons I love Jesus so much is how he turns our assumptions about what is real upside down. In so many ways, Jesus was just an ordinary guy. He had a small group of friends he ran around...
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An Open Confession
Don’t forget our weekly reflection for this, the 3rd week of Ordinary Time. As the old Scottish proverb goes, “Open confession is good for the soul.” And if you made your way through the readings for...
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Where the Battle Lies
Why was he there in the first place? I’m intrigued by several aspects of one of our weekly readings from Luke 8; this story of demons and chains and pigs. But of all the questions that arise, this is...
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Holding on to nothing
Warning: College football nerdery ahead!! Ok, I have an admission. I spend way too much time on Texas Longhorn message boards. I’m a little obsessed. But as a huge fan, I like to keep up to date with...
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The Neuroscience of Jesus
If you haven’t read it already, be sure and check out our weekly reflection. The brain fascinates me. After my post last week on some neurological science, I read a book called Brain Rules for Baby. It...
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There’s a point, you know…
I have this problem with religion. I know that’s a funny thing for a minister to say, seeing as I draw my salary from religion and all. But there’s a basic problem with the structures and activities...
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Jesus and…: The Vehicles Pointing to God
I really struggled with this post. Not because the subject matter was difficult for me to write about. I have written and spoken on this many times. But mainly because of the weight of the subject. I...
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Identity and the Table
We rarely get worked up when we talk about theology. When it’s just our vague thoughts about God or our intellectual ideas about who he is, we are willing to settle on some disagreement. But when...
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Investing in Relationship
Similar stories are told in almost every culture. Surely you’ve seen it played out in a book or on TV. You know the one: The high-and-mighty rich person loses everything while the down-on-their-luck...
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Mental Gymnastics, Blessings, and Being Upside Down
I think I have gotten into more theological arguments over the ideas found in our reading in Luke than any other. We often make a lot of mental, philosophical, and theological jumps when approach a...
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The Blessings Only Found In Weakness
Ann Voskamp had an excellent post a few days ago detailing that November is the month that brings the highest spike in depression. I can get that. As the world turns grey around us, the thicker clouds...
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Losing My Religion (and finding something better)
You have heard it said…but I say to you… I find Jesus’ words in Matthew 5-7 all kinds of interesting. Of course, pretty much all the recorded words of Christ are interesting, but these in particular...
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When the Curtain is Pulled Back
It happens to me quite often these days, but still it sneaks up on me every time. I could be in my living room or in the middle of Target. There seems to be no way to stop it; it’s simply an...
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