When Love Shows Up

Last week I wrote about one of Jesus’ more challenging teachings: It is a parable where the owner of a vineyard recruits laborers to work in his

We’re going to do a little Bible study today – which is, I know, unusual for this space. I was going to paraphrase this story that

Once upon a time I was talking with an atheist English teacher who believed in predestination. These are the kinds of conversations you have when

I’m going to read you a couple of Bible verses that have nothing to do with what I want to talk about today. I’m not trying to trick

I’ve always been short. I was the shortest boy in my class all the way into high school. There were a couple other short boys, but they

After Jesus’ resurrection he shows back up to see his friends and at first they do not believe it is him. Which, you know, fair enough. I think when

Growing up Christian, I was taught the Ten Commandments. One of those commandments was “Thou shalt not take the Lord’s name in vain.” Like many of you, I was taught

Hey there. Welcome to When Love shows up, my podcast. And, we’re gonna do something a little bit different today. This past Sunday I preached

Last week, hundreds of American soldiers across every branch of the military filed complaints. They reported that their commanders had instructed them that our country’s attack on Iran is part of God’s plan to

Earlier this week I had a parishioner reach out to me to express disappointment in our church’s response to our country beginning a war with Iran this past Sunday – or, rather,

It snowed in Cincinnati today for no reason. If you weren’t here, you may not know what I mean, but really there was no reason for it. It wasn’t cold enough to snow, and there was no

In our continuing conversation about finding the middle in American politics, it’s worth repeating something that sometimes gets overlooked: The middle moves. Which is to say, some things we