New wedding liturgy just dropped

If my faith had a theme song, it would be this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF6Q...

You’ve seen people doing it — heck, maybe you’ve done it! Treating the Bible like it’s a fortune cookie. Stop it.

Male and Female should be pronounced like Tamale. I won’t be taking any questions.

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

This weekends events drew me back to a sermon from earlier this year. On the Pax Americana, Biblical Peace, and our infatuation with violence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7pf...

Talking about social justice on Sunday morning See more in the full sermon: youtu.be/9vlHa8LhpRQ?... #elca #lutheran

You know what’s awesome? The hotel’s fire alarm going off at 4:00am. Awesome. #foh2025, If you see me nodding off today, no you didn’t.

In his first meeting with representatives of the general public, Pope Leo XIV called for journalists to use words for peace, to reject war and to give voice to the voiceless.

“Why do Christians confuse faith with what we believe?” The Rev Dr Brian Blount @ #foh2025

"Isolation feeds despair, but solidarity breaks it."- Rev. Dr. Melva Sampson #FOH2025

Prophetic witness is not a spiritual elective, it is the church’s birthright - Rev Dr Melva Sampson at #foh2025 @pinkrobedpastor.bsky.social

God doesn’t give you a right to remain silent, you are called to speak up! - Rev Dr Melva Sampson at #foh2025 @pinkrobedpastor.bsky.social

The last stop on my mini-sabbatical: The Festival of Homiletics in Atlanta. A great chance to be renewed and learn from others preachers from a wide variety of backgrounds. If you happen to be here, make sure to say hi! #foh2025

Yesterday, everyone called him Robert. Today, everyone calls him Leo. One day they called him Abram, the next Abraham. One day Simon, the next Peter. One day Jacob, the next Israel. CHOSEN NAMES ARE THAT EASY.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV granted an indulgence to everyone listening to his speech after the election. The important question is, what sin are you going to use your indulgence for?

Preaching MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail this season. Sundays sermon could be subtitled “in praise of extremism” youtu.be/RMNdEBOc-JI?...

I’m in Montgomery Alabama. Currently watching the minor league team - called the Biscuits - while eating boiled peanuts. When I say Texas is SOUTHERN but not the SOUTH, this is what I mean.

Started my sabbatical today on the West Bank of the Mississippi in South Louisiana; with a sobering visit to the Whitney Plantation. Learning about race, history, and faith over the next few weeks.

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People either loved this Good Friday sermon or hated it. Little bit of James Cone, little bit of local history, whole lot of challenge of the ways we conspire with empire (CW descriptions of racial violence) youtu.be/B_Ju4x6lvOI?...

Until we can see the cross & the lynching tree together, until we can identify Christ with a 'recrucified' black body hanging from a lynching tree, there can be no genuine understanding of Christian identity in US, & no deliverance from the brutal legacy of slavery & white supremacy James Cone

On Good Friday Every innocent person convicted and incarcerated stands as an accusation. Every innocent person executed stands as a condemnation. We have crucified our Lord.

"I was there when they crucified my Lord I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword I threw the dice when they pierced his side But I've seen love conquer the great divide" -- The Gospel according to BB King & Bono

This is the perfect confluence of my interests. In the future, whenever someone asks me to tell them about myself I’m just going to show them this.

Talked with my (mostly white, suburban) congregation yesterday about the power of riot. About Palm Sunday (and the cleansing of the Temple) as a Holy Riot. About how God calls us to act boldly for justice for the most vulnerable. youtu.be/ryGRikWG3SU

Nothing says “Holy Week” quite like a leak at the pastor’s house. Wheeeee!

I’m looking for recommendations that embody Black joy. Music, movies, poscasts, and TV shows - media that can accompany me in the car while driving and in the hotel rooms in the evenings. Whatchu got? Read more about my travel here: digitalpastor.org/civilrightsp...

Pastoral care is really some of the best stuff of ministry. Being invited into the holiness of sharing people’s lives. Joys. Sorrows. Praying together. All of it. Just amazing that we get to do this.

I love the beautiful flowers of Spring!

My easter season preaching this year is shaped by MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail. Every day of breaking news re-enforces this decision for me.

Bloomscrolling > Doomscrolling

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: It has come to my attention that several agencies are now offering WiFi for you to use with your PERSONAL devices. If I were you, I would NOT use that WiFi. I suspect it's a way for DOGE to monitor your personal communications.

Hey Look! The stock market is doing a thing! In my adult life, we have experienced two "once in a lifetime" recessions. I came of age during the Savings & Loan Crisis. I've NEVER thought the stock market is dependable.

Tonight’s Bible study theme: The Book of James, Kierkegaard, and Curly from City Slickers.

A sermon on the things that stand in between us and the call of God. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfer...

Living that chill Saturday life.

civil rights are non-negotiable

It's spring break this week. Which means the office is a little slow. Which is GREAT for getting things done. But also. It's a little slower. And ... Dear friends ... I scrolled. I scrolled for doom. And there is a LOT of doom to be found in the scroll.

New GOP: "Americans who invested had too much money anyway."

I accidentally preached an "anti-ash wednesday" Ash Wednesday sermon. What if "remember you are dust" is a promise, not a threat? youtu.be/XNeBn6GimXQ

Bizzaro world version of Bob Ross

I'm just checking in. Are we great yet? Wasn't the primary (verbalized) issue of the 2024 election the economy?

Sermon titles for Lent 2025

MLK. Micah. Tertullian. Eisenhower. What do these all have in common? They showed up in Sunday's sermon on Obnoxious Peace and the disarming of Peter. youtu.be/U7pflbjc3oQ

Just some preaching prep for the month ahead. Definitely not the scrawling of a madman

Yes. I still wear a mask for air travel. I’m not alarmist. I’m not a hypochondriac. Airlines tend to have great filtration systems. But.

Movie show: “15 years ago” Me: “So … 1990?”

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