I have often talked about being careful about how we understand scripture, and this week is no different. It is Transfiguration Sunday,...

Phew! It has been a week! Well, really…it has been a month! I suppose I could even go beyond that, but suffice it to say there has been a...

As many of you know, I am involved in a new Master’s program through Claremont Lincoln University. My focus is on Interfaith action, and...

This week we are dealing with several things: Baptism, ordination/installation, and it happens to be MLK weekend. I will be attempting to...

I was trying to figure out what else to possibly say, as I sit and write on Christmas Eve. Much has been said in the last few weeks about...

There is such and interesting mix of emotion that surrounds the holiday season. There is perhaps no greater evidence of this than the...

I’ve got a bone to pick with many other pastors—get off your high horse and sing some Christmas carols! You’ll notice that we have...

Tonight I sit in a hotel room in Claremont California after a day of connecting with staff, faculty and other students at Claremont...

What are you thankful for? I am thankful for such great church leaders! Think of this as a sort of extension of last Sunday’s sermon. I...

So here it is, the last Sunday of the church calendar. What better way to spend it than to talk about the Final Judgment (I feel like...

The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30) is an interesting one. We have always liked to read it with the understanding that God is...

You have heard me rant before about “Rapture” theology and the other nastiness that goes with it. You have also heard me target popular...

Dear Covenant Kin, So here we are—Stewardship Sunday. Stewardship Sunday is when we collect pledge cards from the gathered community so...

Last week I began an online Masters in Interfaith Action through Claremont Lincoln University. It is a school that brings together people...

The Good Samaritan is as much about international politics as it is about neighbors. When most of us think about the “Good Samaritan,” we...

And so the stewardship season begins… I am so thankful that Covenant thinks about stewardship differently than so many churches. In many...

Matthew is a self-hating Israelite. Or as David Lose put it in his blog this week, “I kind of think Matthew’s a punk.” In this case, what...

Fun times on the horizon for us! Last year we began something that will be coming back by popular demand—Heritage Sunday! On October 5th,...

Jonah may very well be my favorite book in all of scripture. I know that it is really hard to say that, given all of Jesus’ parables,...

I LOVE the Message version of the scripture this week. You can take a look at it here: The Message Romans 14. This is a fine bit of...