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Week’s End: Stars, Primaries, Sexual Freedom, and Fred Buechner
August 20, 2022 — Dog Days. This stretch of summer is sometimes labeled the “dog days” of summer. The derivation of the term is unclear. It may have something to do with the the prominence of Sirius, a.k.a. the Dog Star in July and August. As a kid I thought the term owed to the August heat and humidity of... Read MoreRemembering Teruo Kawata
August 19, 2022 — Our dear friend and mentor, Teri Kawata, died on July 1 in Honolulu. A memorial service will be held today at The Community Church there in Hawaii. Teri had been my wife, Linda’s, minister at Waiokeola Church in Honolulu. Linda did not grow up in a church-going family. But a middle-school friendship put her in... Read MoreCatch the World Doing the Right Thing
August 16, 2022 — It’s a phrase my educator wife has often used, “Catch a kid doing the right thing,” and lift that up. Amplifying the positive, catching kids in the act of doing good or great things, is a not-so-easy but terribly important alternative to “giving all the attention to the screw-ups” and dwelling on the negative. And... Read MoreJesus, Disturber of the Peace
August 15, 2022 — Here’s a written version of my sermon of yesterday. Jesus, Disturber of the Peace Jeremiah 23: 23 – 29, Luke 12: 49 – 56 Enterprise Community Church August 14, 2022 It’s good to back with you at Enterprise Community Congregational Church. Last summer I was invited to preach here two Sundays; this year it’s three,... Read MoreAt Week’s End: Reading and Readers, Summer Storms and Sermons
August 13, 2022 — The Underground Network for Goodness. Friends gave me George Saunders’s newest book, A Swim In a Pond In The Rain. It is the book version of a course Saunders’s teaches on the short stories of four Russian writers: Chekov, Turgenev, Tolstory and Gogol. But here’s the note/ excerpt I want to share at this point, Saunders tribute to... Read MoreGreat Times We’re Living
August 9, 2022 — Sometimes when you read about great ideas it seems that is all they are . . . ideas, abstractions, vague concepts, high-minded ideals. We’re fortunate to be living in a time when great ideas matter and fundamental values are on the line. Great ideas and the core values of liberal democracy are the subject of Francis... Read MoreMoralistic, Therapeutic Deism
August 8, 2022 — In this evening’s session of “Help My UnBelief,” panelist Josh M. reminded us about MTD, “Moralistic, Therapeutic Deism.” It is a term that scholars Christian Smith and Melina Lundquist Denton came up with in their 2005 study to describe the pre-dominant faith of American teenagers, including those who are part of a church. Here are... Read MoreAn Especially Happy Birthday
August 6, 2022 — As some of you know, Friday August 5 was my 74th birthday. Thanks for the greetings and good wishes from many of you. As it turned out, it was an especially memorable and truly happy birthday. (That said, I confess to finding birthdays arbitrary and my age a real surprise; “I’m 74 — Egads! Can... Read MoreHelp My UnBelief
August 2, 2022 — First off, I want to apologize for the fact that the broadcast of this webinar on Zoom has been bumpy in recent weeks. We’ve been hit by summer travel, tech problems and COVID among the triumvirate of Jason, Josh and Tony. We got back in the groove this Monday (August 1) and should be continuing... Read MoreUpcoming Webinar Begins October 3rd
Topic: Grace in Practice
Description: If the gospel of grace is the righteousness of God, as Paul announces in Romans 1, then, before it’s about anything else, discipleship is a matter of applying grace to our everyday lives.
Paul Zahl’s Grace in Practice is a challenging call to live life under grace — a concept most Christians secretly have trouble with. Paul Zahl pulls no punches, contending that no matter how often we talk about salvation by grace, in our “can-do” society we often cling instead to a righteousness of works. Asserting throughout that grace always trumps both law and church, Zahl illuminates an expansive view of grace in everything, extending the good news of grace to all creation. Conversationally written and filled with fascinating insights, Grace in Practice will reward any Christian who seeks to understand the full measure of God’s grace and the total freedom it offers.
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beginning October 3rd
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