For twenty years, I've led Maundy Thursday services, ever since I started down the pastoring path. It was never a thing for me growing u...

Just like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our faded sunset gates now stands A might...

Anarcholibertarianism is a peculiar thing, I'll admit.   It is not the same thing as anarchocapitalism, because anarchocapitalism is a r...

In addition to taking advanced coursework on pastoral counseling, I'm also rounding out my D.Min. electives with a class on the socioc...

We drive, we Americans.  But it helps, sometimes, if we pay attention to the folks we're driving past. On my way home from church th...

One of the soundbites that's been pitched out this political silly season has been catching in my craw whenever I hear it.  Both pol...

Yesterday was a typical day.  I woke at around 6:30 am, creaked out of bed, and rousted both of my middle-schoolers.   They got fed, water...

For sale!  Price? $4.8 million.  That's $18,000 a month, kids. It's my commute every day now, this journey up River Road, northw...

As the Occupy movement continues to camp out in the downtowns of major metropolitan areas, I find myself wondering about the position of tho...

The sermon "remnant" for this week came as I preached out of the Gospel of Luke . Jesus is laying into the notion that material w...

As I preach weekly, I'm very often stuck with leftovers. Leftovers are those ideas that come pouring out of my study and reflection on ...

During a conversation last night with another pastor who serves a congregation here in the Washington Metropolitan area, we found ourselves ...

Another of the ways that mysticism tends to get spun in our consumption-addled culture is as a means to the acquisition of more stuff. Why s...

There's been plenty of back and forth about the recent Supreme Court decision permitting corporations to directly support or oppose cand...

Over the past several months, I've been chewing over the ethic of abundance in the context of Christian faith. Abundance is the the key...