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“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”  It was fun last weekend at Pride to take note of Caesar’s things and the God’s things. I signed up for Pilgrimage’s booth Sunday … Continue reading →

When I was 8, an area near where we lived in north Florida flooded.  Distressed by it all, I asked Mom, “But didn’t God promise never to let a flood happen again?”  She reminded me that in God’s promise after … Continue reading →

I called my mom Monday night so we could compare notes on Irma.  “I went out to see if I could get some gas,” she told me.  “But Mom!  Everybody’s supposed to stay indoors until Tuesday!”  “I know,” she said. … Continue reading →

Hi, everybody.  So.  What brought you here this morning?  Curiosity?  A need for prayer?  A need for community?  A need to picnic?  Are you here out of habit?  Because your mom–or spouse–said so?  Or to avoid going somewhere else?  Have … Continue reading →

I had my first experience of going viral this week.  Not to worry.  It was just a 24 hour bug.  And I’m pretty sure it’s not contagious.  In response to the Nashville Statement issued on Tuesday by evangelical leaders that … Continue reading →

  I imagine Jesus is doing a lot of sighing this morning.  The Nashville Statement.  Several evangelical leaders–President of the seminary I attended among them–so narrowly defining marriage, that not even my husband and I would be considered married in … Continue reading →

  On February 26, 1979, Yakima, Washington, saw a total solar eclipse.  Writer Annie Dillard and her husband Gary, drove from their home on Washington’s coast to experience it.  Like we did last Monday.  Some of us saw a partial … Continue reading →

  In light of all that transpired in Charlottesville last weekend, there have been cries for white Christian pastors to denounce white supremacy.  The cries are disheartening for this white Christian pastor…because they suggest that, in our society, the public … Continue reading →

I’ve seen numerous calls on Facebook for white Christian pastors to speak out against white supremacy and Nazism.  I suspect the call comes largely out of anger that our President is not speaking out.  Or out of frustration that fundamentalist … Continue reading →

“You of little faith, why did you doubt?”  That’s what Jesus says to Peter as he hauls him out of the sea during a raging storm.  This, after Peter asked to walk on water, stepped out of the boat, and … Continue reading →