Joshua 5.9-12, Psalm 32, 2 Corinthians 5.16-21, Luke 15.1-3, 11b-32; What does the burden of pastoral responsibility look like? Who gives us permission to move on? What’s the most counter-cultural aspect of Christianity? These questions and more on…
Read MoreIsaiah 55.1-9, Psalm 63.1-8, 1 Corinthians 10.1-13, Luke 13.1-9; What does it mean to be truly satisfied? Should we be thinking about God in bed? How far did Christ really go to save us from ourselves? These questions and more on this episode of…
Read MoreGenesis 15.1-12, 17-18, Psalm 27, Philippians 3.17-4.1, Luke 13.31-35; Are we allowed to be afraid in the land of the living? What is the value of returning to the same message over and over again? Where does our citizenship belong? These questions…
Read MoreJoel 2.1-2, 12-17, Psalm 51.1-17, 2 Corinthians 5.20b-6.10, Matthew 6.1-6, 16-21; What is Ash Wednesday and why do we observe it in the church? Is it better to lament as an individual or as a community? Should you leave the ashes on your forehead or…
Read MoreDeuteronomy 26.1-11, Psalm 91.1-2, 9-16, Romans 10.8b-13, Luke 4.1-13; What does it mean to observe a liturgical season? Did anything good come from the 1950s? How is Lent like a car crash? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed…
Read MoreExodus 34.29-35, Psalm 99, 2 Corinthians 3.12-4.2, Luke 9.28-43a; How can Low Anthropology be a love language? Should we bring back coverings in church? How can we keep Christianity weird? These questions and more on this episode of Strangely Warmed…
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I’m sitting in the press box high above the Special General Conference for the United Methodist Church focused on the subject of human sexuality. Petitions are being made, and motions are being offered, to plans that will either double down on the denomination’s current language regarding the LGBTQIA population, or change it. One of the…
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There is a tension in the air at the Special General Conference. Matters are moving faster than in General Conferences past, only to be interrupted with long periods of redundant reports being read aloud. People are hanging on every word in the knowledge that what is happening in this place will be the subject…
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The church is starting to crack at the seams. And by the church, I mean the United Methodist Church. We’re in the middle of a fight – we want to know who is compatible with Christian teaching, and who is not. We’ve been arguing about it for years. “The practice of homosexuality is incompatible with…
Read MoreGenesis 45.3-11, 15, Psalm 37.1-11, 39-40, 1 Corinthians 15.35-38, 42-50, Luke 6.27-38; Why does God work through fallen people? Should we expect to suffer for our faith? How painful is it to love your enemies? These questions and more on this episode…
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