Benedictory Prayers of blessing We live times of extreme feelings and beliefs, when we staunchly bunk ourselves into camps and stay there without wanting to..
Benedictory Sacred (study) space I am stuck in an airport with a very long layover. My gate is empty of other passengers and will be for..
Benedictory Rules Every four years, the United States Sailing Association publishes a document called “The Racing Rules of Sailing.” It’s the Form of..
Benedictory A different kind of leader The church is obsessed with the idea of leadership. I think we have learned it from the culture around us, which..
Benedictory Hidden by Gary Neal Hansen I’ve been baking my family’s bread for quite a while now. It is mostly self-serving: home-baked bread is..
Benedictory Why I love Pentecost YES, I KNOW IT WAS NEARLY 3 MONTHS AGO, BUT... hands down, my favorite liturgical holy day is Pentecost. Though I rarely..
Benedictory Whose lane is it, anyway? A RECENT ARTICLE IN USA TODAY reported Miami as the American city with the rudest drivers. The data compiled by AutoVantage, an..
Benedictory Deeper hope In the last line of his 2008 acceptance speech, Barack Obama went to Scripture. “Let us hold without wavering to the..
Benedictory Apologies SEVEN YEARS AGO, one of Austin Seminary’s most beloved professors retired. He was a man of uncommon integrity — an ethicist, a..
Benedictory Bridging the gap IT’S NO NEWS TO ANYONE that for decades our denomination has been roiled in conflict. This is neither unexpected nor shameful; instead,..