"On the evening of that first day of the week," John says, "when the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood…
Hey Bloom family (and anyone else listening in) - If the snowstorm hadn't knocked out our gathering on Sunday night, we would have met together as usual and I would…
Hey friends - I'm super excited to let you know about a project I've been working on for Lent this year. I've been talking for years about doing more substantive writing,…
Good morning Bloom - Following Sunday's gathering, in which I preached out of Mark 1 ("a new teaching--and with authority") and talked about how the kingdom of God is not a…
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (Mk 2:17) It has been commonplace…
Sometimes, it all comes crashing down. When it does, we can perhaps take solace knowing that it's happened before, to people in our family better than us (and worse), with…
I ran across this article over at the Atlantic this morning, entitled "Lumbersexuality and Its Discontents", by Willa Brown. The central premise of the article is that the rise of the…
A couple years back, out of a sincere desire that the people I have the privilege of pastoring would not lose their soul and everything they've worked so hard for…
Advent begins this weekend, marking the end of "ordinary time" in the church calendar and beginning the long and beautiful journey deep into the heart of our faith--the realities of…
I have four kids. Last year, the oldest three were finally old enough (and aware enough to really want) to trick or treat. So we went for it. They decided…
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