Intuiting God
Philippians 1.9-10 (CEB): This is my prayer: that your love might become even more and more rich with knowledge and all kinds of insight. I pray this so that you will be able to decide what really matters and so you will be sincere and blameless on the day of Christ. Philippians is an amalgamation […]
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Revisiting The Love Frequency
Proverbs 4.20-27 (CEB): My child, pay attention to my words. Bend your ear to my speech. Don’t let them slip from your sight. Guard them in your mind. They are life to those who find them, and healing for their entire body. More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it. […]
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Lovecasting
When I was a kid, television was only about a decade old. Shows were in black and white, broadcast over the air, and nothing was on 24-hours. There were times you’d turn on the TV and get nothing but “snow,” a Poltergeisty, white-noise static. These days we can’t get away from broadcasting. Instead of three […]
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Transcending Transaction
For the past few weeks, I’ve been deconstructing American Christian ideology. Today, I’d like to think with you about another aspect of the Upside-Down Gospel, transactional theology. We’re all familiar with transactional theology, the idea that if we give God a token of some sort or believe a certain way, or our faith is strong […]
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The Upside-Down Gospel
On the TV show Stranger Things there is an alternate universe called “The Upside Down.” I hate that I have to say this, but it is not literally an upside-down version of this world, where everyone walks on ceilings, houses hang from the sky and trees sprout from clouds. Instead, the Upside Down is an […]
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I Don’t Know What I Am*
*But I Know Who I Follow I was talking to a pastor friend of mine the other day who is feeling called to proclaim the politics of Jesus but serves a conservative congregation. This is an issue for many pastors, unfortunately, because Christianity in America is now so closely aligned with ultra-right-wing philosophies that have […]
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Reset Permissions
What does it take to give yourself permission to think outside your religious box? James 3.1-12 (CEB): My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers, because we know that we teachers will be judged more strictly. We all make mistakes often, but those who don’t make mistakes with their words have reached full […]
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Multifaceted Jesus
Matthew 8.26-27 (CEB): 26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you people of weak faith?” Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm. 27 The people were amazed and said, “What kind of person is this? Even the winds and the lake obey him!” […]
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Longing
Psalm 42 (CEB): Just like a deer that craves streams of water, my whole being craves you, God. My entire being thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see God’s face? My tears have been my food both day and night, as people constantly questioned me, “Where’s your God now?” […]
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The Singularity of God
John 17.21-26 (CEB): Jesus said, “I pray they will be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. I pray that they also will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me. I’ve given them the glory that you gave me so that they can […]
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