Archives

This page lists every post published at Living an Ecumenical Life in reverse chronological order (newer posts are at the top of the list).

• Leaders in the Church Part V: Assistants to the Bishops and Synod Staff
• Leaders in the Church Part IV: Missionaries
• Leaders in the Church Part III: Religious Life
• Leaders in the Church Part II: Deacons
• Leaders in the Church Part I: Pastors and Bishops
• Review: In the Context of Unity
• Why “Bound Conscience” Is a Lie
• Pastoral Does Not Mean Anemic: An Open Letter
• Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?
• My Work Here Is Not Finished
• I Don’t Need God’s Help
• It’s Gonna Hurt
• An Eye for an Eye
• Two Pentecosts
• Faith in Indiana – Processional for Racial Justice
• The Language of the Unheard
• Holy Week Reflection: Holy Saturday
• Holy Week Reflection: Maundy Thursday
• Holy Week Reflection: Wednesday in Holy Week
• Holy Week Reflection: Tuesday in Holy Week
• Holy Week Reflection: Monday in Holy Week
• Holy Week Reflection: Sunday of the Passion / Palm Sunday
• From Resurrection to Death
• Church in Quarantine
• This Is the Night
• Separation is Hard
• Why Christian?
• It’s Time
• A Difference in Humanity
• You Shall Love the Stranger
• Church for the Rich
• Lutheran Rosaries
• An Un-pastoral Message: Response to “Trustworthy Servants of the People of God”
• A Confession for 2019
• Heroes
• A Pastor with Depression
• Where Are You?
• Faces of Christ
• Giving Up
• A Fallen Ranger
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 23 and 24
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 21 and 22
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 19 and 20
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 17 and 18
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 15 and 16
• What We Have Left Undone
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 13 and 14
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 11 and 12
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 9 and 10
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 7 and 8
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 5 and 6
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 3 and 4
• Twenty-Eight Saints: February 1 and 2
• Lord, Teach Us to Pray
• That’s Christmas to Me
• A Tale of Two Vineyards
• God Is Unfair
• You Are Worth It
• Living in Community
• Don’t Be Upset about Nashville
• One Page at a Time
• Don’t Give Up
• Review: The Cross and the Lynching Tree
• Take Heart
• Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 7
• Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 6
• Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 5
• Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 4
• Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 3
• Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 2
• Prayfaithfully: The Resurrection and the Outcasts – Part 1
• We Had Hoped
• Fury and Control
• Very, Very Uncomfortable
• Be Perfect
• What’s in a Name?
• Christmas in Aleppo
• God Doesn’t Belong Here
• Waiting
• A King of Justice
• Where Do I Stand?
• I’m Not Ready
• In the Midst of Tragedy
• It’s Hard
• The Greatness of Doubt
• An Alternative Response
• Afraid of God
• God Bless the Outsider
• How Do We Know?
• Faithful Witnesses
• We’re Going WHERE?
• Again, Tear Down These Walls!
• Answers to Complicated Questions
• Betrayal
• Please, Stop Dismissing Bi-Vocational Ministry
• Zomb-eesus
• Peace Be With You
• More Surprises
• Stubborn to the End
• How Can You Spot a Christian?
• The Price of Defiance
• Great Expectations
• So Irresponsible!
• Digging Up Dirt
• What Happened to Your Face?
• Surprise!
• Happy Holidays
• For Everybody
• For You
• Sermons Have Been Updated!
• Enough is Enough!
• If Only…
• The Light Shines in the Darkness
• We Are Not Alone
• 2015 Year in Review
• All of the Hype
• Booooooooring
• Out of Control
• Christ the… King?
• Everywhere, Everywhere, Everywhere
• A Partnership Dies Too Soon
• Life Hurts
• Don’t You Dare
• Our Hands at God’s Work
• Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
• Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?
• Body and Blood
• The (Un)Important
• You’re Impossible!
• God’s Hands
• Dangerous Allegiance
• Courage Together
• Racism, Sexuality, Sin, and Grace
• We Have a Problem
• Going Home Again
• The Holy Spirit Wants Us to Do What?
• 2015 NGLS Worship Presentation
• Tear Down These Walls!
• The Prophecy of Amos, Revised
• Cut It Out
• The Reign of God
• Shepherd Me, O God
• Sermon – April 19, 2015 – Easter 3B
• Sermon – April 12, 2015 – Easter 2B
• Sermon – February 8, 2015 – Epiphany 5B
• Sermon – January 25, 2015 – Epiphany 3B
• Sacred Space and Hospitality
• Looking Forward to a New Year
• Living an Ecumenical Life in 2014
• An Experiment in Church Youth Leadership
• Reflection – December 28, 2014 – Christmas 1B
• Sermon – December 24, 2014 – Nativity
• For Your Reading Pleasure
• Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice
• Freed in Christ: Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
• Communities
• Abortion
• The Death Penalty
• Pontoon Worship 2014
• Brief Update
• Sermon – June 1, 2014 – Ascension of Our Lord
• Sermon – May 25, 2014 – Easter 6A
• Sermon – May 18, 2014 – Easter 5A
• Sermon–May 11, 2014–Easter 4A
• Sermon–May 4, 2014–Easter 3A
• Sermon–April 17, 2014–Maundy Thursday
• Sermon–April 13, 2014–Palm/Passion Sunday A
• Sermon–April 6, 2014–Lent 5A
• Healing
• Sermon–March 30, 2014–Lent 4A
• Water
• Sermon–March 23, 2014–Lent 3A
• Mercy
• Sermon–March 16, 2014–Lent 2A
• Let the Children Come
• Sermon–March 9, 2014–Lent 1A
• Sermon–March 5, 2014–Ash Wednesday
• The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective
• Sermon–March2, 2014–Transfiguration A
• Sermon–February 23, 2014–Epiphany 7A
• ELCA Social Statements
• 1725
• Sermon–February 2, 2014–Epiphany 4A
• Sermon–January 26, 2014–Epiphany 3A
• Driving in the Dark
• Kids Keep Getting Me Into Trouble
• Light and Warmth
• 2013 in Review
• A New Call
• Sick of Christmas
• An Advent Devotional
• Incoming Transmission…
• Christ the King Quotes
• Crowdfunded Church
• What Fraternity Life Did For Me
• A Taste of the U.P.
• Neon and Fires
• Is God Good?
• Should Church Be Welcoming?
• The Lord’s Prayer Lie
• NaBloPoMo
• The Church of the Future
• Assignment Update
• Holy Communion in the ELCA
• Holy Communion in the Lutheran Tradition
• Lock the Doors
• Life Changes
• Sermon–September 29, 2013–Pentecost 19C
• Sermons Page Update
• The Flag Line
• Advice on Adiaphora
• New ELCA Presiding Bishop
• en arche
• Detroit 2015: Everyone Please Take a Breath
• Is it right for you to be angry?
• Summer Seminary Sampler in Review: Session 2, Week 2
• Summer Seminary Sampler in Review: Session 2, Week 1
• Summer Seminary Sampler in Review: Session 1, Week 3
• People I Admire Most
• Gospel Slam 2013
• Summer Seminary Sampler in Review: Session 1, Week 2
• Membership?
• Summer Seminary Sampler in Review: Session 1, Week 1
• My Name is Ken
• Religious rituals and summer Sunday attendance
• Dangerous Theology
• 10 Unusual Lessons I Learned in Seminary
• Trinity Lutheran Seminary Calls New President
• The Monkey in the Bush
• Free Cultural Works
• More Blogs (Again!)
• Two Hymns
• Authentic Worshipers
• New Blog Domain!
• The Culture of Worship
• DOMA and Christianity
• How to be a Liberal, Confessional Christian (and Lutheran)
• In Defense of Doing the Right Thing
• Hiding
• Worship Styles: An Idiot Falls Into a Trap
• “Rejecting” Jesus
• To The Saints
• Violence and the Christian
• The Unfortunate Necessity of the Magisterial Reformation
• Another Friend’s Blog
• 50th Anniversary of Vatican II
• Was Jesus married?
• These Are a Few of My Favorite (and No-So-Favorite) Things: Trinity Lutheran and Bexley Hall Episcopal Seminaries
• What? Where?
• Sermon–August 12, 2012–Pentecost 11B
• Sermon–July 29, 2012–Pentecost 9B
• More Blogs Again!
• What is the Good News?
• I Will Rise
• Sermon–July 1, 2012–Pentecost 5B
• Augsburg Confession
• Sermon–June 24, 2012–Pentecost 4B
• “My Shoes Are Too Tight”
• The Church Song
• Sermon–May 13, 2012–Easter 6B
• Confirmation Sunday
• Two Theses
• Blog: theshrinkingjourney
• Is Inclusive Language Inclusive?
• For some, tax laws really code to joy
• Blog: Emily’s Music Blog
• An Introvert in Ministry
• The Story of King David: Week 5
• The Story of King David: Week 4
• The Story of King David: Week 3
• Sermon–March 4, 2012–Lent 2B
• 572
• The Regretful God
• Sermon–February 12, 2012–Epiphany 6B
• Delay in the Story of King David
• The Story of King David: Week 2
• Applesauce Communion and Critical Thinking
• The Story of King David: Week 1
• The Story of King David
• Sermon–January 21, 2012–Epiphany 3B
• Living an Ecumenical Life Protests The Protect IP Act
• Sermon–December 25, 2011–Christmas III
• Who is Tom Bombadil?
• Sermon–December 11, 2011–Advent 3B
• Review: Faith Inkubators “Head to the Heart”
• Sermon–November 27, 2011–Advent 1B
• Visitors to the Table
• Sermon–November 23, 2011–Thanksgiving Eve
• King James’s 400 Years of Inadequacy
• Sermon–November 13, 2011–Pentecost 22A
• Announcing ELN!
• God in the Storm: “Not Like a Tame Lion”
• What Makes a True Believer?
• Twitter
• Reformation and All Saints Days
• Prayers Needed
• Reflection: Youth in Mission–Serving Christ in the World 2003
• Two More Blogs
• Sermon Wordle
• Another Blog: “Be More in Bmore”
• Pub Theology: The Church
• Sermon–October 2, 2011–Pentecost 16A
• Sermon–September 18, 2011–Pentecost 14A
• Community of Faith
• Internship: A New Adventure
• Sermon–August 14, 2011–Pentecost 9A
• Sermon–July 10, 2011–Pentecost 4A
• Whirlwind
• Salvation
• The Solemnity of Death
• Mid-Week Lenten Services
• Friend Blogs
• Lessons in Civil Discourse
• What Is Ecumenism?
• Sermon–April 3, 2011–Lent 4A