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Resurrection Gives Us Joy in Lent & Death
Yes, as cliché as it is, I’m watching the new Bible mini-series on the History Channel. I’m actually enjoying it. A few things are odd (the ninja angel, for one), and they made some interesting choices...
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Palm Sunday: Future-Tense [photo sermon]
Continuing WordPress’ uncanny timing of photo challenges with the Christian Church calendar, this week’s theme is “Future-Tense“. In essence, they’re wanting pictures that anticipate something to...
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On Easter Sunday: “Oh Death” [a song]
[I wrote this after my grandfather died in 2010 after a long battle with throat cancer. It really affected me, and I wrote this to redeem this moment for him and me. You'll find a recording of the song...
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Death & Dignity: what’s the point?
Next week I head to Guatemala for the Lemonade International Blogger’s Trip. Having been introduced to this organization, I’ve been following their blog closely, trying to get to know them more and...
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Trickle-Up Resurrection (Guatemala Lessons)
My church is currently in a series called “Resurrection Stories” in which we’re going through each of the non-Jesus stories of resurrections (or “resuscitations”—whatever) found in the Bible. It is,...
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Diving into Death
It’s always difficult to talk about one’s own fear of one’s own death. It usually comes across as a little melodramatic and seems to carry with it the appearance that somehow your fear of your death...
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Why was Obamacare necessary? Christians, it seems.
{abstract: My point in this post is pretty simple. Christians seek radical end-of-life care dramatically more than non-religious people, and this accounts for a huge portion of American Health Care...
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Death as home; Death as gift | Esther 8.1
On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. –Esther 8:1 Continuing the theme...
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The King’s Authority: more Christian lessons from Esther | Esther 8.7-8
hen King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to the Jew Mordecai, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he plotted to lay hands on the Jews. You...
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Some emotional outbursts at Esther. I don’t like this book. | Esther 9
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain...
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New Seminary Post: Holy Week Music & Readings on Death
I have a new post on the site Going to Seminary. I am putting up occasional posts giving different things to read around the interwebs, and this week focuses on Holy Week and its theme of...
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Trickle-Up Resurrection (Guatemala Lessons)
My church is currently in a series called “Resurrection Stories” in which we’re going through each of the non-Jesus stories of resurrections (or “resuscitations”—whatever) found in the Bible. It is,...
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My Grandfather’s Passing (Hope in Death?)
Today is the sixth anniversary of my Grandfather’s death. I am reposting this reflection I wrote at the time. This past Sunday, the day after Christmas, I watched my grandfather die. This is the first...
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“Teach Us to Number Our Days” (Psalm 90) [a Lent sermon]
I had the privilege of preaching the Ash Wednesday service at one of my church’s campuses a few weeks ago. As is appropriate to that Holy Day and this Lenten season itself, we sat with words that drew...
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holy saturday // readings & silence {2018)
Holy Saturday: a day between the ages; a day of mystery, of unspeaking, of undoing, of unknowing. Scripture Reading: everything the gospels say was happening on this day Matthew 27.62-66 The next day,...
View ArticleGood Friday Prayer & Reflection: The Crucifixion
Here is the Good Friday confession litany and reflection from my church. Leaders from the church are doing videos for each day of Holy Week, going through our prayerbook liturgy for the day and...
View ArticleHoly Saturday Prayer & Reflection: Silence
Here is the prayer, reflection, and practice I led for Holy Saturday for my church. We have been doing videos for each day of Holy Week, going through our prayerbook liturgy for the day and offering...
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Lent, Accompanied by Death
I am back in school. After having received my Masters of Divinity several years ago, I am now completing the other half of training for my desired career path: a Masters of Social Work. I’ve been...
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When Death and I have met
I’m currently in a class on caring for those at the End-of-Life. At the beginning of this course, we were given an assignment (which you can do yourself) to give us a baseline as to our feelings and...
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Systematizing the “Right” Way to Grieve
When I watched my grandfather die, the weirdest thing to me was that I had no idea what to feel or how to respond. Humans have been dealing with death for hundreds of thousands of years and we still...
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