Towson, MD
June 23, 2019
It was an innocuous enough question; “Is it really a good use of time for a senior pastor to be having tea with folks when there is so much to do? Isn’t that a better job for an associate pastor, or a volunteer?” I was in one of my many pastoral care courses with the […]
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June 16, 2019
Good morning! I’m so happy to be with you this morning. Last week we celebrated two momentous occasions- Pentecost, and the fact that we all remembered to get here half an hour early! Before we dig into this passage, I wanted to take a minute to wish all of the fathers represented here a happy […]
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June 9, 2019
On Friday I was invited to attend a prayer walk, on the corner of Ready and McCabe Avenue, Just down the street from Miss Phillis’ house, the force of nature and Spirit who is the president of the Woodbourne-McCabe neighborhood association. A small group of us gathered where a non-fatal shooting had taken place […]
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June 2, 2019
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May 26, 2019
My favorite experience as a Pastor is hearing about the life of folks in this community when I’m not around. I love it when y’all get up to being the Family of God during the week. I mean, I love leading worship and preaching, leading book studies and community organizing trainings, I even love […]
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May 19, 2019
Sherwood, Oregon in the Nineties and early 2000’s had a lot of hungry people. HUD housing and section 8 apartments neighbored subdivisions with $400,000 custom homes that somehow all looked the same. These neighbored working farms, some of which had century farmhouses, next to hobby farms with mansions, next to run-down trailers, next to migrant […]
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May 12, 2019
Teresa L. Todd never expected to be arrested. She was driving through the Texan desert near Big Bend National Park one night, after a planning and zoning meeting at Marfa City Hall. She’s an an elected official, government lawyer and single mother, and as she drove, she was shocked to see a young man in […]
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May 5, 2019
This afternoon, after the splendid hospitality display that Rosemary has prepared for us in the social hall, we will have our first gathering of our New Members class. One of my favorite questions from these gatherings is about doubt. What’s hard for you to believe? What’s hard about following Jesus? This isn’t some kind of […]
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April 28, 2019
The B&B complex fire in Central Oregon was a human caused ecological disaster. Decades of fire suppression and utilizing industrial tree farming techniques created a perfect storm of trees planted closely together, with overgrown ground plants and shrubs that created firestorms that erupted with ferocity. The fuel on the forest floor led to an […]
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April 21, 2019
It Might be hard to see now, what with me leading Worship, but for much of my adult life, I haven’t been so sure about the Church. Which is odd, because as a child, I loved going to Church. It was my second home, a place where I met adults who were fascinating, and […]
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