Author Note: A Sermon delivered to Orange City United Methodist Church (Orange City, FL) on November 7, 2021. Every part of the Bible screams “Gospel”; some just need to be squeezed harder than others. That’s what one of my professors told me, anyway. This passage strikes me as one that needs quite a bit of squeezing. … Continue reading Tamar, Judah, and Marginalization: A Reflection on Genesis 38
The World I Want for You
Note: This is the first reflection of an upcoming book I will publish at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2022. I wrote this book by hand in a little journal for my daughter. It includes a series of reflections about life, spirituality, and my perspectives on what it means to … Continue reading The World I Want for You
God’s Deafening Silence: A Reflection on Job 19:1-8
Author Note: A Sermon delivered to Orange City United Methodist Church (Orange City, FL) on August 8, 2021. “How long ago was that day?” Job thought. He’d been so distraught and disturbed, he could merely only observe that time had continued to progress unrelentingly, unmercifully, without noting its amount or meaning. Time had continued—was it … Continue reading God’s Deafening Silence: A Reflection on Job 19:1-8
The Worst Sermon: A Reflection on Jonah 3
Note: A sermon delivered to Orange City United Methodist Church (Orange City, FL) on March 21, 2021. It was the worst sermon I have ever heard. Sermon? That’s not right… There would’ve had to have been something good in it for it to be that… Worst prophecy? Worst exhortation to change? It was just so … Continue reading The Worst Sermon: A Reflection on Jonah 3
Halloween 2020: The Year of No Treats
Trick-or-treating is a bust this year. Some towns have tried to salvage it with drive-through events that hopefully will pass into memory as one of many ridiculous efforts at normalcy that didn’t really cut it, but were better than being stuck at home or sitting in front of Zoom screens. It has been a year … Continue reading Halloween 2020: The Year of No Treats
Liminal Theology 