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What Language Shall I Borrow?

I can still feel a bit of burning embarrassment from the conversation that happened nearly 12 years ago. My dad, a pastor and theologian, helped me pack up and move all of my belongings from Massachusetts down to Louisville, where I was about to begin seminary. Somewhere in Pennsylvania, we somehow got on the subject […]

Speaking the Language

As someone who does ministry amid the Harry Potter generation, I had originally started reading about fan culture a few years ago as a way to feel productive while distracting myself from the pain of my divorce. Somewhere along the way, I became convinced that people who create community around loving a particular narrative property […]

What Did She Just Say?

As the below true-life examples illustrate, I’ve been known to let faux curse words slip in my sermons on more than one occasion: “The disciples had been fishing all day, and they hadn’t caught anything whatsoever. They probably felt like crap.” “You’re going to break your wedding vows. It might not be in a big, dramatic […]