Sitemap - 2022 - Faith Seeking Understanding
Being Careful What We Wish For
Calmly Considered: 2022 Review, 2023 Preview
On Remembering When the Little Ones Suffer
The Feast of St. John the Apostle
The God of Christmas Is an Embarrassment
Joseph, the Earthly Father of Jesus: Righteous Humility
The Mystery of God Become Flesh
What Did Mary Know and When Did She Know It?
Praying as a Community for the Community
Making the World Credible to the Gospel
Are You The One? Should We Look For Another?
How Will God's Presence Be Known?
Theodicy and God's Omnipotence
Making the Believable Credible
For the Love of All Things Holy
Captured and Compelled by the Wonder of the Manger
Sometimes It's Best to Get the Offering Before the Sermon...
Pietism-- Heartfelt Faith or Heavenly-Minded Humbug?
The Blessed Certainty of Salvation
Advent and Christmas: Putting Christ the King in Context
Faith, Assurance, and Conviction
A Brief History of Thanksgiving
Jesus, the Glue of the Universe
Were the Prophets Radical Reformers?
The King Whose Throne Is a Cross
Who Truly Knows The Mind of God?
Should Christians Participate in Black Friday?
New Creation Is Not a New Idea
Should Protestants Read the Apocrypha?
Victory Requires a New Song, but at What Cost?
Pray for Guidance in All Things
An Interview with Bishop William H. Willimon (podcast & videocast)
Resurrection and the Apostolic Witness
God's Hands and Feet in the World
It's Not My Faith. It's Not Your Faith. It's Our Faith.
On This Reformation Day, October 31st
Yes, The Church Leaks a Whole Lot, But It's Still the Best Thing Afloat
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
Evil Cannot Compete with the Goodness of God
A Living Letter of Grace and Peace
In Praise of Tax Collectors and Prostitutes
The Way of the Cross Is the Way of Being Jesus in the World
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
Christian Persecution Does Exist
God Will Make a Way, but Patience Is Required
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
The Blindness of Those Who See
Mission/Evangelism Is a False Distinction
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
The Giftedness of Our Existence
Come and See What God Has Done
Pronouncing Judgment When There Is No Harvest
By the Waters of Pain, Suffering, and Hatred
Being a Bearer of the Tradition
How Goes It with Your Compassion?
Remember and Be Comforted: An Outline
James on Wealth and Exploitation
Laodicea: The Church in Every Age
A Parable Not About Hell, But About Justice
Crown Wearers in Heaven, Cross Bearers on Earth
Word Revisited: John Among the Gospels
The Kingdom of God Is Not the Way the World Works
Justice Is a Joy to the Righteous
Can We Be All Things to All People?
A Story about More than Faithful Giving
If God Is for Us, Who Cares Who's Against Us?
Disappointment with the Divine
Justice Is God Making Things Right on Earth as it Is Heaven
Divine Grace Does Not Conform to Common Sense
What Would Happen If John the Baptist Stood in Today's Pulpit?
Without the House of Doctrine, The Church Is Morally Homeless
A Kingship that Defies Expectation
People Are Incurably Religious
Jesus and the Church Go Together
Ten Things the Best Leaders Never Say
Two Hands Open: One to Give, the Other to Receive
God Does Not Play By Our Rules
Marking Off Our Territory, Or Hey! That's My Pew!
Believing Is Seeing: Does God Know the Future and Other Open Questions
In the Cross, All Values are Transformed
When No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Did Some Psalmists Suffer from Major Depressive Disorder?
Sabbath in the Book of Hebrews
Being a Prophet Is a Thankless Job
Those Who Exalt Themselves will Be Humbled
When All Else Fails, God Is Still God
First World Problems Are Not Problems
What Do We Owe the Poor and Vulnerable?
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Disease: Are Natural Disasters Signs of God's Judgment?
Being Wise as Serpents, Or Using What Wisdom You Have
When Hands are Full, God is an Interruption
A New Way of Living in the World (Scriptures and Quotes)
The View of Things from the Heavenly Horizon
Jesus, the Carpenter Who Nails It
Resurrection Is the Gamechanger
Is the Church in America in Decline or Is It Being Winnowed?
Preview, Calmly Considered: What's Up with Inflation?
Mary Vs. Martha Or Chicken Kiev Vs. Chili
Church and Kingdom: A Thought Experiment
Wind, Rain, and Seeking Refuge
From Thankfulness to Prayer to Hope
Is the Denial of God's Wrath also the Denial of God's Love?
Does Repentance Mean Feeling Sorry for Our Sins?
The Healing of God Cannot Be Purchased
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
A Failed Missionary Strategy: Staying Put
Does Romans 7 Teach that Christians Will Continue Sinning?
Funny Religious Bumper Stickers
Casting Off the Dead Things Before the Living God
Coming This Week on the Daily Lectionary
Don't Plant Green Beans Next to Peppers: Some Thoughts on the Renewal of Creation
The Foolishness of the Christian Life
Ten Situations in Which the Silence of the Pastor is Golden
Please Read This Before the Daily Devotion
The Soft Sounds of the Morning
Evil in Our Eyes and Transforming Grace in Our Hearts
The Persistence of Belief in the Doctrine of the Trinity
The Age of Impatience: Of Wisdom, Radishes, and Watermelons
Eat Your Peas! Wisdom from the Book of Proverbs.
Learning to Tell Time with Mary, the Mother of God
The (Extra)Ordinary Work of the Spirit
On Why Prophets Are Not Recognized in Their Own Time
We Always Manage to Receive What We Wish to Avoid
God's Grace is Free, but It's Not Cheap
What Is the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth?
The Kingdom of God Is Not the Way the World Works
The Ascension of Christ... Yes, It's Important
The New Testament, Heaven, and New Creation
Being Wise as Serpents, Or Using What Wisdom You Have
Don't Apply Scripture, Embody It
You Don't Get Strung Up on a Cross for Running Around Telling Everyone to Love Each Other
When Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
The Right Rule for the Right Time
Let's Not Diss the Church in the Name of the Kingdom
Why do We Stand for Handel's Messiah?
Speaking the Word No One Will Hear
God in the Flesh: Pondering the Incarnation
The Early Church and Caring for the Sick
Breathing New Life into Worship
The Church as Transnational Community
Why Does God Give the Gift of Eternity?
Still Waters and Death Valleys
Interruptions as Divine Intrusions
Mortality and the Purposes of God
A Tale of Two Men... and of Us
The Call to Follow Jesus Is Non-Negotiable
Is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit the Unforgivable Sin?
The Brave Person Knows Fear the Coward Never Will
Forty Days of Lent? What About the Fifty Days of Easter?
Seeing Through the Veil of Heartache and Betrayal
The Long Journey Is Just About Over
A Strange, Marvelous, and Wonderful Sign
I'm Only Human... But That's Not the Problem
Remember the Past, But Don't Wallow In It
Face-Palm Jesus: Why Character Matters for the Witness of the Gospel
Self-Made Persons Are Not So Self-Made
A Scientist and a Christian on the Possibility of Miracles
What Christians Should Know about the Year of Jubilee
We Can and We Will Get Satisfaction!
Representing Christ to the World
What is The Annunciation of the Lord?
Is Denying God's Wrath a Denial of God's Love?
Worship That is Well-Crafted, Authentic, and Substantive
Eighty-six years have I served him
Evil Cannot Compete with the Goodness of God
Learn from Israel's Experience
St. Paul and Thomas Aquinas on Faith
Making the Unbelievable Credible
On Why Prophets Are Not Recognized in Their Own Time
Heavenly Citizens in a Strange Land
We Are Not Mistakers. We Are Sinners.
Faith Does Not Supersede Holiness
The Seasons of Life Are in God's Hands
The Road to Freedom Requires Courage
Casting Off the Dead Things Before the Living God
The Right Rule for the Right Time
The Fruitless Quest to Create Meaning
The Christian Witness According to Leo Tolstoy
Has the Church in America Lost Its Ministry of Reconciliation?
Love Above and Beyond What Is Decent
The Bible and Seeing the World as It Is
Costly Grace: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Sermon on the Mount
Face-Palm Jesus: Why Character Matters for the Witness of the Gospel
On Being Content with Unanswered Questions
Things to Do and Qualities of Character
‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In The Almighty God
Letting Leaders Wear Their Own Shoes
Trusting in God's Transforming Grace
Faith Over Fear, Or What It Means to Trust in God
Being a Prophet Is a Thankless Job
The Sign of Universal Salvation
The Word of the Lord Cannot Be Destroyed
Yes, The Church Leaks a Whole Lot, But It's Still the Best Thing Afloat
When Everything is a Competition
We Know What We Know, and That's All We Want to Know.
God's Gifts Cannot Be Purchased
Daughters of the Promised Inheritance
God's Will: A Road Map or a Canvas?
To the Church that Baptizes that Baby
Jesus' Baptism and the Mass of Humanity
The Seasons of Life Are in God's Hands
The Gift of the Little Drummer Boy
The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Twelfth Day
The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Eleventh Day
The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Tenth Day
The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Ninth Day
A Prayer of Covenant Renewal for a New Year
The Twelve Days of Christmas: The Eighth Day/New Year's Day (optional)