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I get it. It's rough as we approach what could be a disappointing midterm election. Between recurring gun massacres and our national apa...

Two sermon podcasts just so you know I'm still here!  First, Luther Seminary student Emily Martin preaches a poetic reflection in three ...

Like I said: the Moleskine got a workout I was in Minneapolis last week for the 2014 Festival of Homiletics, which is fancy church-geek...

(c) 2013 by Fortress Press Contemporary media studies would remind us, if nothing else, that all of life is mediated, and much more is...

Wide Welcome by Jessicah Krey Duckworth (c) 2013 by Fortress Press, Minneapolis. "Congregational life today for many Christians i...

So incredibly beautiful.  How disappointing to discover this beautiful relationship was a distraction in the minds of the writers.  They...

Movies and people of faith are all the rage right now, what with "Son of God," "God's Not Dead" and "Noah"...

Paul Walters and I share more than just being members of the Luther Seminary class of 2003.  Apparently, for the past few years we've sh...

Sermon texts:  Psalm 23 & John 10:1-18 January's always bitter But Lord this one beats all The wind ain't quit for wee...

I'm a firm believer in the potential of social media (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.) to influence the world for good.  T...

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday.  For Christians, the Ash Wednesday service marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a penitential period in whi...

Here's the list of books I've read in 2013, updated monthly (more or less), for fun or for some sort of edification, professional or...

Jane Trimm posted an article today at MSNBC about the flood of millenials leaving the church and a possible reason why:   A full 31% of ...