I had an epiphany in our Lenten Study. [Are epiphanies allowed during Lent? Even after 19+ years working at Woodridge United Methodist Church, I still get confused about ecclesial particularities like the seasons of the church year. Which seems silly. I've now been working and worshiping in the UMC longer than I attended the American …
Tag: Brian McLaren
Late to the Lent party #ashtag
Lent started, ahem, five days ago. So might well have read scores of ways to celebrate this season of the church. I know my timelines were full of them the last few days. Still, late as it is, here's what I'm thinking about... Lent: that season of the church year during which millions of Christians …
“Words Mean What They Mean…Until They Don’t: Redefining Liturgy, part 1” Sept. 30 sermon
Here's my sermon from Sunday (September 30), which I called "Words Mean What They Mean...Until They Don't: Redefining Liturgy, part 1." It is inspired by Brian McLaren's Why did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammad Cross the Road? I think it is a terrific book. For years now I've found McLaren to be an author …
Called to care for those at the margins
I had my usual for breakfast: a bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal with raisins. (I prefer it with blueberries or raspberries though.) No word on what President Obama - or anyone else present - had for breakfast at this morning's National Prayer Breakfast. (Not that I looked that hard, mind you. And by "not …
All That I Can't Leave Unsaid 