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We call our Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, “DJ.” [For those of you who are Parks and Recreation fans, yes we named it after Tom Haverford’s Roomba who is affectionally called…
read moreWe call our Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, “DJ.” [For those of you who are Parks and Recreation fans, yes we named it after Tom Haverford’s Roomba who is affectionally called…
read moreIt is very sad that the modern Church – mainly of any nondenominational or evangelical variety – has completely forgotten and neglected the spiritual discipline of fasting. There are many…
read moreThe Hicks family went to their very first Ash Wednesday service today at Calvary Episcopal Church. The priest, ministers, and members were all so welcoming to me and my family.…
read moreThe holidays got me busy and I never formally reflected on the end of my 7X7 prayer experiment on my blog. So here goes. Some takeaways for me: 2 AM…
read moreThis is the landing page for my sermon series The Gospel According to Leviticus. I have been working a curating resources on Leviticus to make it approachable to everyday Jesus followers…
read moreI am preparing to begin my sermon series The Gospel According to Leviticus on Sunday (1/8/23). This first sermon is titled: “Inhabiting an Enchanted World.” It refers to much of what…
read moreHere is a hymn I have said several times during the midday prayers that I am really enjoying. Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy, Whose trust, ever…
read moreI am currently on day 5/7 of my 7×7 prayer experiment. See the previous two posts in this series for explanation of this. Each day during the midday prayer after…
read moreRobert Murray McCheyne said, “turn your Bible into prayer.” That’s what I finding myself doing while I continue to pray the Liturgy of the Hours (LotH) this week. I wrote the…
read moreI have spoken much about the fundamentalism culture that I grew up in. I have written and done podcasts about deconstruction and reconstruction. I posted yesterday (12.12.22) about watching the…
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