

What Did Your Pastor Preach About Last Sunday?
Like most women, sexual assault is a personal issue for my wife and I. The red, spittle-flinging faces on computer monitors and...


Remember Us
The neon orange sticky note on my wall reads Remember Us. It’s stuck close to my desk so that while I’m working I’ll remember the...


The Real Elephant in the Room: Pensions vs. Suicidal Children
This article first appeared on the Reconciling Ministries Network website. My wife Diane and I recently went to the Missouri Annual...


Endorsements for TRANSFIGURED
I asked a bunch of people I respect to write blurbs for Transfigured, and was blessed to get a lot of yesses in response! Here's the most...


Transfigured Excerpt: Our Gender-full God
The Transfigured devotional is marching toward launch. I structured it differently from Where True Love Is, in that topics are intermixed...


Declaring Things Unclean Creates Stumbling Blocks
The TRANSFIGURED manuscript is out with advance readers and my editor, so I'm in waiting mode. Thought I'd share a devotional entry from...


Where True Love Is Included on RMN Resources Page
We got some exciting news last week! Where True Love Is has been listed as a recommended resource by the Reconciling Ministries Network...


Newsflash: Reading Robert E. Lee Passages does not Build Unity
We attended a prayer breakfast this morning. We'd wanted to go but didn't pursue it due to the tightness of our purse strings, and so...


The Subtle Shifting of Gender
When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every...


Judas: The First Recipient of the First Eucharist
This piece originally appeared on the Huffington Post. During Holy Week last year I was asked by my priest to offer a reflection at one...