Tag: reflections
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Ash Wednesday 2025
“Remember that you are dust and that you are loved.” I got a more colorful version of that from Father Carl+ this morning. (Thank you! it’s exactly the kind of blessing I was hoping for!) It was a wonderful way to start the Lenten season. But I can’t help but experience this year’s Lent in…
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The Parable of the Sower as a lens on deconstruction
I was reading through the Gospel of Luke today. I have in mind to just write a bunch of sermons based on the parables of Jesus; some sermons that are not connected to a series and I’d find useful when I’m invited to guest preach at churches. So while it’s not the first parable in…
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reflections on one year: on the other side of fear (a letter to myself)
In this series In my final months in the PCA, I had a candid conversation with another member of the presbytery who understood and sympathized with why I was leaving. He said, “We’re sad to see you go. You are one of the good ones and they’re lucky to have you. I’d consider leaving too…
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reflections on one year: forgiveness means to wish you well
In this series It’s taken me just as long to read my story as it took to write it, and the last parts were written shortly after attending a Blue Christmas service which is happening tonight. I guess no one is really holding me to a one-year window, but at the same time I really…
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two dangers to avoid in cultural translation
For the past several weeks, I’ve been slowly writing a long post about the cultural translation of the gospel for today with reference to Andrew Walls’s Ephesian Moment. It’s gotten long. And as I’m editing, there’s a large portion that pains me to cut because I spent so much time writing it so now it’s…
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reflections on one year: gratitude
In this series It’s taking a while to go through my story. I’m going at whatever pace I think I can go. I’m glad I left headings so I know what’s next as I read (and these headings also inform me of when I might need to stop). Yet as I bounce back and forth…