What happens when your name is taken away?

Did you know there’s a comet in our skies? Perhaps I should ask if anyone’s surprised there’s a comet passing our way in this strange and tragic year. Back in the Middle Ages comets caused a lot of anxiety. People… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Neowise

We need to talk about death. Saying that might seem strange. Hasn’t death dominated our conversations, our thoughts for months now? Aren’t we still speaking of the deaths of black bodies like George Floyd’s? Doesn’t the news speak daily of… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Death

Where are we in Revelations? One of my co-workers asked me that this week. He meant it as a joke, but with a hint of seriousness. There’s a plague. There’s unrest in the country. Maybe this is the beginning of… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Revelation

There’s a wonderful passage in the forty-fifth chapter of Isaiah. The prophet mocks those who worship idols. Their gods, he says, are cut from the same wood that built the fire, which baked your bread. And you now bow down… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Idols

There’s several drafts of abandoned attempts to say what is in my heart this week. Most of them wanted to try and discern some meaning, give some prophetic word that might speak to the heart of our country. There was… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Our Prince

Oh yes, you did laugh. Sarah, in her tent in the middle of the day, long past hope, laughs. The stranger that Abraham is entertaining repeats the old, old promise that she would have a son. The words carry across… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Laughter

We find ourselves, after a week of protests that led the President who, in a grab for power, chased away protestors to pose with a Bible, at Trinity Sunday. Here, early in this new season, we think again about the… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Icons and Idols

So what does the story of Pentecost have to say to us? Maybe this year more than any other, it sounds like a religious story whose meaning doesn’t extend beyond a Zoom sermon. Yes, this day marks the culmination of… Read moreThe Redemption Project – Language and Tongues

Dear Jesus, Hope this finds you well in these sad and troubled times. I’m sure you are busy as so many are sick, grieving, dying. I will be brief. I’ve been reading your prayer this week, the long one from… Read moreThe Redemption Project – One