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Preaching After God endorsements
My publisher just sent me the endorsements for Preaching After God, which will be available sometime this summer (with fingers crossed). Every time I go through the process of publishing a book, I am...
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Preaching After God now available to order!
UPDATE: Kindle Edition now available too I just saw the link on the publisher’s website where you can order my new book. It will also be available on Amazon soon, as well as an eBook version. As you...
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About the Springfield City Council Speech
**UPDATED (10/22/12, 2:17pm)** As you can imagine, all of this has caught me off-guard. But please know how much I continue to appreciate all of your kind words of affirmation and support. I continue...
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Straight for Equality initiative set to launch in Springfield
Straight for Equality, a national initiative to empower straight people to support and advocate for LGBT equality, will launch in Springfield at a special event at 5:30 pm, Nov. 1, at Drury...
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Christianity, gun violence & the nihilism of Mike Huckabee
When Mike Huckabee infamously said that Friday’s murders in Newtown, Connecticut took place because we’ve “systematically removed God” from our public schools, he provided yet another stark reminder of...
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2012′s Top 10 Moments in Christian Faith & LGBT Equality
I am incredibly honored to be part of this list. 2012 was such a great year in so many ways for those of us advocating for the equality of all people. What is especially cool is that so many people are...
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Epiphany as Sermon Form
Reblogged from Otherwise Thinking: How does one preach “epiphany” in an “epiphany-like” way? And how does a preacher keep epiphany alive throughout the year in one’s preaching? Epiphany, in one...
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I Am a Scholar; Is There Room in the Church for ME?
Reblogged from Krista Dalton: A few weeks ago, I received a letter that changed my life forever. It read: Dear Krista Dalton, On behalf of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Columbia...
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A Confession (or, Reflections on having the same conversation over and over)
Yesterday I had an opportunity to visit with Springfield’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity task force, which was more or less put together by City Council in order to provide insight and counsel...
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Straight for Equality
I appreciate the Springfield News-Leader’s coverage of yesterday’s Straight for Equality event at Drury University. If you’d like more information about how to get involved in Straight for Equality’s...
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Subverting the Norm – A few takeaways, and one important clarification (Or,...
As I continue to reflect on Subverting the Norm, several things keep coming to mind. Not only did I thoroughly enjoy meeting so many people that I’m friends with on Twitter and Facebook, but I also...
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An Open Letter to Dr. George Wood and the Assemblies of God Denomination – of...
Note: My response to Dr. George Wood’s article in yesterday’s News-Leader can be found here. Before reading it, however, I ask that you first read the following (personal) reflections: While I’m partly...
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On the Mad Men backlash
Reblogged from An und für sich: Fair enough: Mad Men has been on for a long time, and there was bound to be a backlash at some point. What's interesting to me, though, is the form the backlash has...
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Springfield Pridefest talk, 2013
via Brett Miller A copy of my talk at Pridefest last Saturday can be found here. A video of most of the speech is here (it leaves out the end of my speech though, which was my favorite part!). It...
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"Not For Sale": A fundraiser to end human trafficking & modern-day slavery -...
Reblogged from Brentwood Christian Church: This Wednesday, August 7, Phil Snider, the senior minister of Brentwood Christian Church, will be joining author and activist Ethan Bryan, who is trying to...
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50th Anniversary Celebration of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech
Reblogged from Brentwood Christian Church: Visit the website: www.mlksgf.com A premier group of community leaders and organizations invite members of the public to come together Wednesday, Aug. 28,...
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Reflections at the MLK Unity March – Aug. 28, 2013
H/T @darrylschafer A transcript of my talk at Springfield’s Unity March in honor of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech: It is an honor...
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Banned Questions About Christians now available for pre-order
Against his better judgment, Christian Piatt gave me the opportunity to contribute to this latest addition to his best-selling Banned Questions series. In the spirit of capitalism you should go...
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