Detail from a mural at a church-supported women’s health clinic in Santiago, Chile. “Warning! Chauvinism kills” 
Detail from the Cuba Friendship Urn, an odd monument wedged between overpasses and parking lots along the Potomac near the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC. Given by the Cubans in memory of the victims of the USS Maine. 
In Iraq before flying back to Kuwait, during my mobilization with the Indiana Army National Guard. 
Sacred road along which America began to find its soul. We’re still walking that road. 
Video worship recorded at home during the pandemic. The artwork behind me is a 19th century hand-carved relief of the incarnations of Vishnu.
My goal on this blog is simple: to offer semi-intelligent, heart-felt reflections on Christian ministry, faith, and life, as it happens.
Martin Luther once said that he banishes the Devil by breaking wind. “I resist the Devil, and often it is with a fart that I chase him away.”* The work of casting out demons is both deeply spiritual and incredibly quotidian.
Hence my Lutheran Zephyr is a light Lutheran wind; or, a way to banish the devil.
The Posts
- Determining to Deny Communion
Maybe the church should withhold communion from the whole body, rather than from token individuals, when division rears its head. - Praying in Church on Memorial Day Weekend
There is no need to turn church into a patriotic rally on Memorial Day weekend. But the church certainly should acknowledge the occasion. - Two Gods of the Bible? Malarkey!
Is there a wrathful “God of the Old Testament” and a loving “God of the New Testament”? - Communion at Home during a Pandemic: an Addendum
My prior post was the letter I published online for my congregation addressing our acts of worship and communion during the current pandemic. This current post is an addendum respondingContinue reading “Communion at Home during a Pandemic: an Addendum” - Holy Communion Amidst the Coronavirus Disruption
A Pastoral Letter to my Congregation The coronavirus has ushered us into a time of disruption. Our home lives are disrupted. Schools are disrupted. Business and the economy are disrupted.Continue reading “Holy Communion Amidst the Coronavirus Disruption”
The Passions
Separation of church and state, the life of the church, justice, Latin America, baseball, and running are among the passions I’ve written about here.
The Poster
The guy behind the pixels, on my way to pick up some hoagies and cheesesteaks.
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The Parameters
I write for my church elsewhere.
This blog is not professional but instead is a personal, poorly branded, uncurated repository of various ideas and insights gleaned whilst hemmed in by the Alpha and the Omega.
* This is a legitimate quote! It can be found in Martin Luther’s Table Talk, No. 122: Treatment of Melancholy, Despair, etc. November 30, 1531, in Luther’s Works vol 54, page 15.
