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Howard Thurman: Jesus and the Disinherited
My next book is a re-read from earlier this year: Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman. It is part of the Renovare Book Club and so I am working my way back through the book. A PBS documentary on the life of Howard Thurman: https://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/3019930578/
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As Advent approaches we are tempted to flood ourselves in light
By all measures it is probable we can all agree we want 2020 behind us… NOW. Why wait until December 31? We’ve lost loved ones. The world has lost heroes. We’re fighting over masks to slow down a pandemic… People are putting up Christmas lights and trees and flooding their lives with Christmas music and the Hallmark Christmas Channel. We…
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Culturalized Christianity and public witness
David French has a similar journey to mine in his geography. I find this the more I read him. He lived for decades in the Northeast as a conservative Republican. I lived in Minnesota in a very liberal metro area as a conservative white pastor. He moved to TN. I moved to Alabama. He found he was still “homeless” in…
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The hidden gems of the Apocrypha
I use the Daily Office reading in the Book of Common Prayer 2019, which will take me through the vast majority of the Bible every year. It will also include readings from the Apocrypha.
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The great help in centering my prayer
There are times when written prayers aid us in our personal prayers. It’s the great use of the Psalms. I have found the Anglican Book of Common Prayer helpful in this aid and especially the Great Litany in times like these where my thoughts are scattered. Each part of the Great Litany becomes a starting point of meditation and centering…
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The moments we should have… and feel GOOD about
In 2008, I will easily confess I did not vote for Barack Obama. Yet, when he was elected, there was something that settled well in my spirit. Not about policy, but about symbols. It didn’t solve anything deep… but WOW! We had finally elected a black man to be president. In that moment, I truly felt gratitude. In the moment.
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The long work ahead
Two days after the election. We await final vote tallies. In the waiting, is it possible we might, as believers, do some evaluating?
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After the election…
Early on November 4… no definitive results and key states still have votes to be counted. Regardless…
