Sunday, April 1, 2012

Palm Sunday

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Palm Sunday is one of my favorite Sundays of the year. Each year I am reminded that the crowd that praises Christ on Sunday will want him de...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

A Little Christmas Spirit

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Mark Oestreicher displays 27 of the worst nativity sets he could find. It made me a little misty eyed thinking about my old gig at the Chri...
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Friday, November 4, 2011

Help Me To Be

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I’ve spent the last two weeks in Minneapolis as part of the intensive portion for two of my classes in Bethel Seminary’s InMinistry Program ...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Ash Wednesday Soundtrack

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I feel like no one can provide the soundtrack to Ash Wednesday quite like Ralph Stanley.
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Monday, January 17, 2011

Resplendent

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Thinking about death and regret tonight. Bill Mallonee has been kind enough to provide the soundtrack.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

We Are Not Born Too Late - Advent and Dorothy Day

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A little Advent perspective from Dorothy Day. “In Christ’s human life, there were always a few who made up for the neglect of the crowd. Th...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Daddy's Little Girl

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My baby girl turns one today. Two years ago, this never seemed like a possibility. We’d been trying for a year to get pregnant with no luck....
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

O Death Where Is Thy Sting?

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Death seems to be circling my life a lot. First it was the sudden passing of a friend and former coworker. More recently it has been friends...
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Monday, September 20, 2010

Prayer For Those Searching For Truth

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Cardiphonia has some nice prayers for non-Christians to reflect on during the Lord's Supper. My favorite is the "Prayer for Those ...
Friday, August 13, 2010

Cash

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If my soul could sing, it would sound Johnny Cash - a true American bad-ass and the original voice of downtrodden and road weary travelers c...
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Thursday, August 12, 2010

God Only Knows That I Mean Well

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It’s been a rough couple of weeks at the Reed homestead. It’s the busy time of year at my job, and a series of new student orientations has ...
Friday, July 16, 2010

On Sincerity

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Cleveland has had a rough week. Lebron James left for the glitter of Miami and famed cartoonist Harvey Pekar died. Anthony Bourdain has a ...
Friday, July 2, 2010

Give to the Wind Thy Fears

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Don't you love it when a work of art invades your life at the exact moment you need it? That's how I feel about Nathan Partain's...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Lord Have Mercy. Christ Have Mercy. Lord Have Mercy.

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You should read Andy Whitman's beautiful "Good Letters" entry about his sister's impending death. I love liturgy, written...
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