Happy Christmas 2022

Merry Christmas! The closest thing I have to a consistent tradition on this blog is this Christmas day offering.Each Christmas I post the Isaiah passage below (which is a reading for Christmas Eve worship every year); John Lennon's "Happy Christmas (War is Over)," which I find the world's best and most challenging Christmas song; and …

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Have you seen the movie yet? It is so good! Now, it is largely a story about grief, so it is pretty sad. But it is a glorious tribute to Chadwick Boseman the person as well as his portrayal of the character, T'Challa. Director Ryan Coogler and all the actors did a tremendous job. My …

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Coffee ‘n’ Capes: My Passion Project Podcast

Yes, it's true: I am, apparently, all about that alliteration. Alliteration seems to be de rigueur for us pastor types. I mean, perhaps peruse our sermon titles sometime. We can't seem to help ourselves. You know who else loves alliteration? Comic book writers. Peter Parker, Bruce Banner, Stephen Strange, Reed Richards, Susan Storm, Jessica Jones, …

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Is it May 4 yet? redux

We're just an hour away from our Call + Response screening, but this new Avengers trailer is just so good I had t to take a breather from promoting tonight's event. Granted, The Dark Knight Rises is almost certain to be a better movie. My guess, though, is that Avengers will be more fun. Here's …

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My church makes the news

Ok, so it was for TribLocal and we wrote the story ourselves. But it was the featured story for a while! That counts for something, right? Anyway, it looks a little something like this: Did you know there are as many as 27 million slaves in the world right now?   Woodridge United Methodist Church …

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Today’s dose of awesome

It's December 30, so everybody and his brother and sister are offering "best of 2011" lists of all sorts. I too have thoughts on best album, best songs and best picture of the year. But right now I don't need to consider a year's worth of content. Just this evening, I saw two videos that …

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