Category: Blog

Our Little Systems

When I went to college, I received a scholarship called the “President’s Associates” scholarship. It was an incredible gift, paying for my tuition and my

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Booze

When I was five years old, I knew I wanted to drink beer. In the mid 1960’s I would watch Chicago Cubs games on TV.

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The Jesus Flag

By Branson Parler Flags have been in the news a lot lately. In light of the shooting at Immanuel AME Church in Charleston, serious questions

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Legacy #7, Tombstones

By Helen Luhrs When my mom died this winter, I realized the generation of my parents was gone. What I learned from them about faith

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Bernie and The Donald

It’s going to hurt me to say it. Honestly, it feels like a kick in the shins, a sharp stick in the eye, but I

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Honour and Shame

Like parents and their children, it seems inappropriate for a minister to have favourite parishioners. But—appropriate or not, fair or not—parents often do, as do

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Why Christian?

This fall I’m speaking at a conference called Why Christian? Christian blogger/author Rachel Held Evans and Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber are hosting and headlining this

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