Matters of Life and Death

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I just finished a month as the Theologian in Residence at White Memorial Presbyterian Church in Raleigh.  The focus of our “deep and wide” month together was the Incarnation.  Together we took a multilayered approach to exploring the embodied vitality that the Incarnation invites us toward.  Below is the sermon I preached one Sunday during my month there.   “BUILDING A BETTER BELIEVER” SCRIPTURE:  GENESIS 3: 8-15, 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13-5:1 WHITE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, RALEIGH, NC June 10, 2012 It has been a great first week of work here at WMPC as your theologian in residence.  Thank you for your… Read the full post

Left-handed writing

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Several days ago I broke my right hand–the hand that I write with.  Since then I’ve tried to learn how to write with my left hand.  I have found it to be a chore as well as a window into wisdom that can come only from depending on something we’ve neglected or ignored.  How does the Body of Christ honor the need we have to embrace what seems like our weaker parts?  What happens when some parts are so neglected that they atrophy and can’t be heard because they speak a language we do not understand?   And what if… Read the full post