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Advent Is Now

Today is the third Sunday of Advent. Jesus Christ is supposed to be the true reason for this reason. Advent is the time of ...

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“Dirty Words”

With no further ado, please allow me to share with you these words of reflection and wisdom I heard at Holy Eucharist last night. ...

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A Bulldog in Tennessee

Recently, I had the honor of being a speaker at a “Black Lives Matter/All Lives Matter” March at a university in Tennessee. I was ...

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what can we abolish in america?

You may want to write this down because I don’t say it very often. Perhaps we should follow the shining example of the Republican ...

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Earth: The View from out there

I need you to put on your thinking cap for this op-ed piece. Have you ever looked up into a clear, star-filled nighttime sky ...

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Slavery in the Postmodern World

There is no candy-coated way to say this, therefore I will speak boldly – as my pastoral duties require of me. In this cold, ...

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The beauty of transifixion

Have you ever been transfixed? That’s not a trick question. The answer, by the way, is yes. At some point in your life, you’ve ...

American Divide: Seas of truth

What is the truth? No matter what the topic is, the truth routinely means different things to different people. The truth is actually a ...

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Adopt a Cop

The Holy Bible is clear when it admonishes us this way: “Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show ...

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Let’s Dance

“Let’s dance! Put on your red shoes and dance the blues. Let’s dance! To the song they’re playing on the radio. Let’s sway… While ...