With gratitude to online friend Pastor Brandon — Love the sinner. Because you are one, and Jesus loves you anyway. Hate the sin Start with your own, and then drop the stone. Questions? Listen to Christ Jesus in John 8:1-11.

With gratitude to the site, Follow Jesus—- As the world grows darker with war, fear, and uncertainty, the message of Christian hope is drawing fresh attention. That was the focus of a major event in Seoul marking the 100th anniversary…

“Sometimes I think, and then I forget.” Got that from Golden Pancho. And maybe from not enough coffee. Or too much. Regardless: join me in reviewing Romans 12:2. For real.

While some vote to ban women from pulpits, I’m thrilled to be a United Methodist Christian instead. Part of our history is that we’ve been ordaining women for 70 years now; that’s longer than some of us have been alive.…

Dana Perino, of all people — Do you talk about your job outside work? I never talk politics at the dog park. I don’t really love to talk about politics in social circles. I love what I do. I don’t…

With gratitude to the Native American Heritage site —- You do not have to explain your healingto people who never carried your pain.Keep walking.Keep your eyes forward. Let the wind take what is not yours.Old blame.Old shame.Old voices that tried…

Quick review and beyond — Isaiah 58:9-12, Contemporary English Version When you beg the Lord for help,    he will answer, “Here I am!” Don’t mistreat othersor falsely accuse them    or say something cruel.10 Give your food to the hungry    and care for the homeless.Then your light…

None other than Frederick Buechner — The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. — and so how’s that going for you today? Need to address some stuff? Perfect…

Leo Burnett was an advertising genius. For details, see my humble blog here from 5.16.26, “The Apple Bowl Stayed on the Desk.” But this part of it…uhm…are we listening, Church? — By the 1960s, his agency was massive. But Leo…

Matt Mattson writes of “a whole world longing for a connection“ and reminds us that there is a “bigger borderless world beyond“ us and our interests. I’m flashing to John 3:16 and how it presents what a hymn calls “a…