Wednesday Word

January
27
2021

Wednesday Word: Compassion and Risk

Compassion cannot happen from a guarded, invulnerable distance. It sends us to come alongside people who find themselves isolated, separated, segregated, demonized, otherized, and relegated to the...

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January
20
2021

Wednesday Word: Football and Church

Football officiating and church.

People have heard me talk about how intertwined these two things are for as long as I've been in ordained ministry. I was a football official long before I even...

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January
13
2021

Wednesday Word: Finding Time to Laugh

I heard there was a cheese factory explosion in France. Da brie was everywhere.

Last week I wrote about rediscovering joy. And several hours later there was a whole lot of less-than joyful times....

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December
23
2020

Wednesday Word: Defiance

Yesterday I sent out a message saying that in-person worship services had been suspended indefinitely. I immediately received a text from a parishioner asking if I was canceling the Parking Lot...

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December
16
2020

Wednesday Word: Hope

“I cannot be an optimist, but I am a prisoner of hope.” – Dr. Cornel West, Harvard University

In an article from TrinityNews (Trinity Church, Wall Street) back in 2014, Dr. West...

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