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Reflections of a Recycled SaintRest, America, Just Rest! – Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bug
What I learned about rest from my own wretched journey with fear and defeat. Now with all the Covid-19 isolation, it’s America’s turn. Learn about the gift of rest in the midst of anxiety from someone who’s been there.
3.5 ESCHATOLOGIES | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE END OF THE WORLD
Want to listen as you read? Hit play and follow along. Years ago I preached a chapel sermon at the university where I taught on different visions of Heaven. In theological terms “eschatology,” meaning the study of last things or perhaps “the end of the world as we...
Jilted 12 – HOW A LAWN ORNAMENT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. The Saintly Ass has finally ginned up the courage to tell one of the most brutal chapters of his story—one that explains the origins of his tagline “the recycled saint.” It...
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Children. Seriously, Give Me Your Kid, Now!
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. Like you, the Saintly Mule has watched with horror the events unfolding at American borders. He has subsequently watched with disgust and disappointment the rather bumbling...
Envying the Dead – A Clumsy Reflection on the Death of Anthony Bourdain
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. Like the rest of the world, I heard a few days ago about the passing of Anthony Bourdain. It is always troubling when a beloved personality passes away, but a special sense...
Jilted 11 – To Stay or Go – The Choice You Still Get to Make
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. My pastoral career went under because I threw a big rock into the pond, and the resulting waves drowned myself and others. The responsibility for that tsunami is mine, and...
Jilted 10 – Rocks and Hard Places or When Trapped in Ministry
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. I once had a seminary professor who was fond of saying, “If there is anything you can do besides ministerial work, do it.” He didn’t say this because he thought such work...
Jilted 9 – Hearing the Bullet or When You’re Waiting for Life to Fall Apart
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. While struggling through my depression, I continued preaching a sermon every Sunday, because, well, that was my job, and I think I did a fairly good job of keep my despair...
Jilted 8 – Sorry, Not Sorry or When are Repentance and Forgiveness Real?
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. One of the most frequent and hardest things I heard people say after I’d blown up my life was, “He doesn’t seem very sorry for what he did.” On the other hand one of the...
The Spirit of Life 7 – The Spirit of Sanctification
Want to listen as you read? Go to the podcast and hit play. Then just follow along. The Holy Spirit is like breath, wind, smoke, fire. It comes and goes where it will. Who can know it? This is, I think, how most Christians if asked would speak of the...
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