Dave Buerstetta on striving to do justice and love others while walking humbly with God
I've been trying to follow this whole debt ceiling deal as much as possible. I've tweeted (and RT'd) about it quite a bit. So, is it a good deal? Should I feel pleased about it? I have no idea. I'm no economist and the reports are conflicting to say the least. President Obama offers this …
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I'm old. I know this. So I can admit that I have no idea who Remy is or even if he is real. But I do know this: This video makes me laugh. I hope it makes you laugh too. And maybe even think a little bit. P.S. Apologies for the earworm.
Yesterday I shared that I was one of over 4000 pastors who signed an open letter to President Obama and Congress regarding the current budget impass. I am also one of over 500 people from across Illinois who signed a memo to our Senators, Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk. Today, Bread for the World activists …
Ok, so this isn't exactly my ad in Politico...but I am one of the 4000+ pastors who signed on to this: Sojouners writes more about this on their God's Politics blog today. They also list the ad signers by state. Sojo invited me to write "2-3 sentences" about my support for this movement which they …
God's love extends even into the place we think is, by definition, the absence of God. Over the last two weeks, the responses to the news that Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden have been legion. As have been the tone of those responses. In all that I have read, this post by Eugene Cho …
[Pretty much every week, I write a...something...for my church's weekly eNewsletter. Way back when, it was my take on a pastoral letter. Then some time along the way, I started thinking of it more like a newspaper's opinion column. Now I suppose I think of it as a blog post. Whatever I write for eNews usually ends …
Welcome to my version of that blog post staple, the weekly recap/links roundup/info dump. My intent is to highlight stuff I came across this week (or, you know, at least fairly recently) that I found well-written or inspiring or bizarre or...well, or perhaps stuff so good I wish I’d written it myself. I suspect blogging …
Pretty much every week, I write a...something...for my church's weekly eNewsletter. Way back when, it was my take on a pastoral letter. Then some time along the way, I started thinking of it more like a newspaper's opinion column. Now I suppose I think of it as a blog post. ('Cause I'm all super fly …
Note: Here it is! The return of Hey, Dave!!, wherein my good friend, Ryan Hilligoss waxes poetic about, well, about whatever is on his mind. “Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.”- Gustav Flaubert In light of the looming election, I would like to address the rise of an insidious line …
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All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 