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Category Archives: My Life as Pastor
When Right Is Wrong (or, if not exactly wrong, not exactly right either)
Perhaps in response to a humid, but dry, summer in Maine, much of my reading this season has involved a lot of cold and ice. After watching the AMC series “The Terror” in the spring, I read the book by … Continue reading
Summer’s Here and the Livin’ Ain’t So Easy
Summer has arrived in Maine, finally. As the weather heats up, the overall tone and mood seem to be heating up as well. On the national and local stage, the news is difficult, even crushing—for those who are not fans … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Maine politics, President Trump, Who is on God's side?
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Can I Ban Remember When?
Like any church with a lot of long-time members, and certainly like any church that is the midst of the Mainline decline, it’s a fairly common occurrence to hear the construction “remember when” at the start of a sentence or … Continue reading
Posted in Misc, My Life as Pastor
Tagged Christian Church, Mainline Decline, mission, Remember when
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Call and Circumstance
In the year King Uzziah died . . . So begins the sixth chapter of Isaiah, in which Isaiah is called as a prophet. In reading Isaiah’s call story, it’s easy to get caught up in the wild elements of … Continue reading
The Last Lasts
When my daughter was a senior in high school, we observed many of the elements of that last year of high school as “the lasts.” And, in a blog post during that time, I reflected on those “lasts” as they … Continue reading
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Tagged builders, Christian faith, church sanctuary, Old South Hallowell
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The Heisman Approach to Christian Theology
Many years ago, when I was in graduate school, there was a saying that became part of the language of my group of friends: “the Heisman.” You may be familiar with the Heisman Trophy, awarded each year to the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian theology, Heisman Trophy, United Church of Christ
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Where the Epiphanies Have No Name
At the start of Epiphany season this year, I innocently asked (at least I thought it was an innocent question) for those who had assembled for worship that Sunday to think about epiphanies that they had experienced. The empty looks … Continue reading
