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Yes, Church, The Stock Market DOES Matter To Your Survival

Remember, Church: the stock market does matter to your survival. Embrace this perilous time as the best of all occasions to practice serious self and institutional reflection, repent from and leave...

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Dear COVID Diary: It Has Been 132 Long Days; Fear Hangs In The Air

Yes, Dear COVID Diary, it has been 132 long days. And I expect little change for the next 132 days. Fear hangs in the air, occasionally relieved by puffs of hope of effective vaccines on the horizon....

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Essential Workers: The Lowest Paid And Lowest Status Among Us

Am just wondering: do you see the same pattern I see as I consider our essential workers? Effectively, they are the lowest paid and lowest status people around. Most have little job security; many are...

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Will The Church Survive The Covid-19 Damage? No, But This Is The Time For...

Will the church survive the Covid-19 damage? Probably not. But the massive uncertainties that just about the entire world now faces also call for massive infusions of creativity, hope, service, and...

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Let Your Yes Be Yes: The Damage of Church Lies

Jesus said, “let your yes be yes, and your no be no.” Following through on promises counts–don’t make them if you can’t keep them. Truth frees; lies enslave. Late in 2019, I entered the joy of multiple...

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Eight Lessons and Blessings From COVID

It’s time we recognize the multiple lessons and blessings from Covid. From this growing national tragedy, we can actually emerge wiser and stronger if we take a hard look at ourselves and see what we...

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The Messiness Of Spring And The Hope Of Resurrection

The messiness of spring hits me as I survey the aftermath of winter death. It also offers insight, filling me with longing for the Resurrection. My soul longs for the magic of the resurrection, but I...

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The UMC Must Die To Have Any Hope Of Life

My idealist vision of the hope of life after death? We acknowledge and act on the reality that the prophetic word of God emerges more from the uncomfortably marginalized than from the comfortably...

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Six Reasons We Always Break A New Year Resolution

Let our major New Year resolution be to look for the sacred in everything, even the flaws we think we have that need to be “corrected.” Our flaws could be someone else’s blessings. We are now in the...

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The Split Peace Lily And The Split UMC

Four years ago, I split an overcrowded peace lily (Spathiphyllum). They’re common plants, often sent to funerals, and I’ve had this one for a long time. It desperately needed to be broken apart,...

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