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Thursday, June 4, 2026

Straight Talk on Gay Pride

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I wrote this blog 12 years ago, while I was serving at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Charlotte, where my congregation taught me so much mo...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Where have all the flowers gone? (the floral sins of my youth)

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  As I’m seeing the first flowers of spring start to make their yearly appearance, I’m ruminating on the flowers I’ve enjoyed in my life. Fr...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Freedom is a precarious gift

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  Freedom is a precarious gift. When in the garden God gave us everything that is, the riskiest gift of all was freedom.   White men i...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

The gift no one wants, yet we feel compelled to give

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No one appreciates unsolicited advice. So, why do we continue to offer it? Is this just one more pointless human activity, like when someone...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Angels, Shepherds, Wise Men... and a Mass Murderer?

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Preached at The Church-in-the-Gardens, December 28, 2025. What figures do you usually find in a nativity scene?   In other places, including...
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Monday, July 7, 2025

Precrastination

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  In June, I was pushing my daughter and son-in-law to get tickets to go to a Mets game in August, and they were resisting me. It made me nu...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Don't Trust the Cameras

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  About 10 years ago, Donald Trump decided to run for president. I was among those who didn’t take him seriously. So much that he said was a...