One year ago, I was in a hospital room with my wife and my new daughter. She had been out of the..
John 13's foot-washing scene leads Aaron Neff to remember people who have hurt and betrayed him. “Love them anyway,” Jesus says.
This morning as I rose late with no reason not I found myself discovering the beauty of making the bed. Every motion..
Holy Week is going to look much different this year. In many ways, it will be a more joyful celebration. My congregation..
As I confessed to my congregation a few weeks ago, I have been engrossed by news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine...
I snapped a photo of this tree Dividing my front yard from my neighbors That day was a winter in spring’s clothing..
Scripture tells us “Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” And while I think there is truth in..
In preaching, raising your floor is more important than your ceiling. A congregation isn't going to be shaped and formed by the..
There comes a point, halfway between the ashes and the lilies, when you stop and ask yourself “Just how did I get..
Beloved… Beloved, awaken my soul to your calming presence. AHH! I am NOT CALM! Beloved, I have run out of words. Really,..
An experienced senior pastor told me just before my ordination in 1974 that year one of a pastorate was infatuation, year two..
I did not grow up attending church. It wasn’t until late high school that I first went to church on a regular..
Lent is a season of the liturgical year that invites us to lament the brokenness of our lives. The psalms are ideal..
Third Church called me in 2014 with the understanding that part of my work would be to redevelop mission and community outreach...
There were to be weddings. There were to be bouquets of dazzling sunflowers. More golden flowers were to be woven into the..
How long God? How long before you let me see you again? Have you forgotten me? Are you here in the ash..
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is more than political, it’s a religious crusade. As U.S. intelligence officials try to understand Vladimir Putin’s..
Working in higher education, my circle of colleagues has had a long-standing conversation about what mission means and what to do with..
Paul Scott Wilson once wrote in The Four Pages of the Sermon, “Every age must find its own way to revitalize the..
It was a Monday. Maybe the Monday-ist of Mondays.
These Lenten days are loaned to us, set aside – beg, borrow or steal – from winter’s numbing latterness so we remember..
Trip Porch and Indianola Presbyterian Church partner with fraternities at The Ohio State University to host an outdoor Ash Wednesday service.
I love waking up early on a quiet winter morning to a fresh snowfall. I am perennially amazed when overnight everything is..
Novelist Marilynne Robinson wrote in appreciation of her pastor, “There is no way of reckoning the value good pastors bring to the..
In 1946, George Orwell wrote “Politics and the English Language,” an essay bemoaning the state of the English language. Reflecting on the..
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