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Building Bridges

About a month ago, crews began replacing the Northside Drive bridge over Peachtree Creek in North Atlanta (the old bridge was almost 100...

TGIF

Thank God it’s Friday! Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had a really good week. But it is nice to be able to take a breath on Friday evening. I...

Obstacles

When I am running, I find that my eyes are constantly tracking – usually between the horizon in the distance and the ground just in front...

Setting an Example

I just finished watching the vice-presidential debate. Thankfully, it was considerably more civil than what we witnessed in the first...

Respond don't React

When I began this forty-days of writing, I shared that part of the reason was for me to be prepared to respond to the results of the...

Good Samaritan

A lawyer asks Jesus what he must do to “inherit eternal life.” Jesus responds with questions rather than an answer. Jesus asks, “What is...

What the Gospel Requires

Matthew 25:34-40 "Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom...

Sacred Texts

On Thursday, I shared that in 2008, during a conversation with a clergy colleague, I first coined the phrase, “there is a difference...

Thoughts and Prayers

This morning we awoke to the news that the president and first lady have tested positive for COVID-19. Since I began writing this post,...

A Seminal Discussion

I have long been interested in politics. My parents took me to DC when I was a kid. While there, we visited the office of Senator Herman...

Selective Moral Outrage

Yes, we watched the entire debate last evening. It was a dumpster fire (I have described it other ways, but this is the most appropriate...

Debate Prep

On October 6, 1774, John Wesley (who along with his brother Charles were the founders of the Methodist movement) wrote the following in...

Up for Debate

When I was a student at Georgia Tech, we hosted the 1992 Vice Presidential debate. I volunteered to assist with the event and had two...

Free Exercise

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; This morning, I got up and...

Between the 30s

After an unexpected positive start to the season, my Yellow Jackets have struggled the last couple of weeks. For a couple of hours this...

Politics & Religion

…two of the three subjects that we have been told polite people don’t discuss at parties (the third is either money or sex depending on...

40 Days

September 24, 2020 We are forty days away from the 2020 presidential election in the United States. I don’t think that it is hyperbolic...

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