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The Outsiders’ Lament

The Outsiders’ Lament

This post also appears on ALTARWORK.com. This isn’t ideal: to be the outsiders, to be outside of your inside; yet here we are, some by choice, others by circumstance; all of us, sadly, by purloined precedent. This is not the practice He inspired, nor the pattern...
They Kill the Prophets

They Kill the Prophets

Jesus is recorded as having said, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you …” (Luke 13.34).  It’s not too hard to see why prophets are rejected, even killed. We prophets are hard to tolerate for too long....
The God Who Takes Risks

The God Who Takes Risks

The God who takes risks has no fear of surprises. It’s God’s own riskiness that leads to his creation unravelling.

A Covenant to Serve God, and Only God

A Covenant to Serve God, and Only God

There’s a song I’ve revisited over the years, when I need reminding of the call God has placed on my life. It’s a song written to be used when celebrating Holy Communion.  These lyrics continually haunt me: [featured-image...
The World Doesn’t Exist to Not Offend You

The World Doesn’t Exist to Not Offend You

The title of this post could alternately be … I Do Not Exist to Not Offend You … or … The Church Doesn’t Exist to Not Offend You … or … That Political Group Does Not Exist to Not Offend You … or … Unicorns Do Not Exist...

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