Archive for April 2011
Book Review: Love Wins
Posted by: revjmk on: April 28, 2011
Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, by Rob Bell, HarperOne, 2011, 202 pp. Last Easter, a friend of mine used Rob Bell’s inspirational sermon from sometime around 2006, which was originally called “The Cross,” but soon became known as “Love Wins.” (You can purchase it [...]
Book Review: The Last Week
Posted by: revjmk on: April 26, 2011
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The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach about Jesus’s Final Days in Jerusalem, by Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan, HarperCollins, 2006, 238 pp. While I should have read this book earlier in Lent, to have it undergird my preparations for Holy Week services, it became my Holy Week practice to read a [...]
Holy Week, Ordination and Imagination
Posted by: revjmk on: April 22, 2011
Today is Good Friday. It is also the 10th anniversary of my ordination into Christian ministry. Every year during Holy Week, I give thanks with all my heart to be a part of this pastoral life. It was March of 1989, and I was 15 years old when I first got caught up in Holy [...]
Vocabulary Lesson: Pecans, Pee-cans and the Church
Posted by: revjmk on: April 11, 2011
Our family drove to Florida a few months ago. If you’ve ever made that journey, you know that the highways in Georgia and Florida are lined with billboards advertising pecans. Both J and I have mild allergies to nuts, but B loves them and seems unaffected. So, to pass the time, we were pointing out [...]
From Soccer Field to Funeral Home
Posted by: revjmk on: April 8, 2011
One of the great joys of serving as a pastor is bearing witness to so many intimate moments in people’s lives. When a baby is baptized, I get to stand right up there with the family and even hold the child. When young people give their lives to Christ at Confirmation, I get to place [...]
Book Review: Saints at the River
Posted by: revjmk on: April 1, 2011
Saints at the River by Ron Rash, Henry Holt and Company, 2004, 239 pp. Ah, escape! I needed a novel to escape from a hectic and challenging time of pastoral care. I went to the library, scanned the shelves and returned with Saints at the River. It fit the bill. The novel tells the story [...]
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I am a full-time pastor in the United Church of Christ, mother of a preschooler (B.), married to an aspiring academic and curmudgeon (J.). I live by faith, intuition and intellect. I follow politics, football and the Boston Red Sox. I like to talk about progressive issues, theological concerns, church life, the impact of technology and media, pop culture and books.
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