Published With Thanksgiving

Normal is what brought us here.

Can those with no money buy food?

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