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Here is the manuscript of the Sermon in response to Luke 18:1-8: I’ll be honest, for a long time, I didn’t like this parable.  The parable didn’t make much sense to me.  One of the most common questions that gets asked is – Who is God in this parable?  The usual answer...

This the passage that was going through my head as I walked through the streets of a village in Guatemala last week. It was a poor village. Just up the hill from an orphanage. The orphanage provides food for many of the children in the village. “Blessed are the...

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The Journal of Lutheran Ethics published my article on conspiracy theories. Many thanks to the journal. You should read the entire edition because it has many great pieces in it. Here is the piece in it’s entirety as posted on the site, with footnotes included: [1] Over 20 years...

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“Peace” by Walter Brueggemann was a wonderful book that fed my soul. Again, instead of going over every section that I highlighted (which seems to be just about on every page,) I’m going to touch on a few key points of the book and encourage you to buy the...