Yesterday, I had a rare opportunity to preach. My text was Matthew 14:13-21, the miracle of the loaves and fishes. https://youtu.be/vRi0Ogf81sY
Category: Theological reflections
Major league irony and cognitive dissonance
I always find it interesting when professional athletes who are also Christian start talking about their faith. Sometimes they dedicate a win or offer praise to God for a victory for their team as if God has a vested interest in the outcome. I’m pretty sure God has better things to do than rooting for …
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Sick.
I went to bed on the night of Friday May 15 feeling fine. At about 1:30 in the morning, I was awakened with painful abdominal cramps and a sinking feeling came over me. My digestive health has not always been optimal. Mental health can play a big role in this with stress and anxiety being …
Surfing the apocalypse
Several years ago someone asked my how I was doing and without a beat I replied, “oh you, just surfing the apocalypse,” without really thinking about it. Since then, this phrase that came to me seemingly from thin air, has become part of my lexicon for when people ask me how things are going in …
Celebrate love like Heated Rivalry does
People who know me know that I am a completely hopeless romantic. My favorite movie is Love Actually. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen the Collin Firth - Jennifer Ehle version of Pride and Prejudice, but I cry every single time I watch it when Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett finally get together. …
A permaculture as theology discussion with Dillon Naber Cruz
This week I sat down with Dr. Lee Barrett of Lancaster Theological Seminary/Moravian University to talk about permaculture and theology for his seminary ethics class. He asked me a few broad questions and allowed me to take the conversation wherever it flowed. His students are assigned my book Go Golden: Applying a Universal Religious Teaching …
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Our collective nightmare
Last week, the incompetent and woefully unqualified Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth went on a firing spree as he fired top generals in the Army. Last night, the Predator in Chief threatened to commit genocide against the Iranian people. Clearly these two things, the mass firing and the threat of genocide, are related. Hegseth wants …
Accountability and justice are what I want for my birthday
It’s my birthday week and instead of celebrating so far, I’m reliving the GenX anxiety of an impending nuclear war because Donald Trump decided to bomb Iran. Years ago, Epstein made a prediction that Trump would bomb Iran if he “was cornered like a rat.” That prediction seems to be coming to fruition this week …
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The Theology of Food on the Heretic Happy Hour
I was recently asked to talk about the theology of food on the popular Heretic Happy Hour podcast. My background as a permaculture informed theologian made this an interesting topic to discuss. Also joining the show were writers Lauren Cibene and Derrick Weston. Lauren and Derrick brought a great deal of knowledge and theological wisdom …
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Jesus or I.C.E.?
Stephen Miller’s rabid hatred of immigrants who aren’t “white” is playing out on America’s streets with devastating effect. DHS goon squads from I.C.E. and the Border Patrol have been given license to racially profile people as they wreak havoc in cities across the country. Regardless of the legal status of many immigrants, they have been …
The Tattooed Theologian 