» Chants: A Spiritual Practice
27/03/24 15:19 from Musings
These chants are ones I’ve been using for many years in progressive Christian worship, interfaith/spiritual life on campus, and many other settings in my career. In some cases I’ve changed the words to make them more compatible with prog...

» Stand in Wonder
22/03/24 04:46 from Musings
Words: Jim Burklo tune: Christ the Lord is Risen Today – Easter Hymn 7.7.7.7. Use freely, with attribution At the dawn new life surprises, Allelujia From the darkness light arises, Allelujia See the stone is rolled away, Allelujia On thi...

» Reunion
17/03/24 03:59 from Musings
REUNION My brother died. We siblings gathered To sort through his belongings. In one box, we found a little stuffed bear, Its fuzz worn away in patches. Curious, I asked one of my sisters to pass it to me, And...

» VOTIVATOR: How I'm Voting 3/5/24
27/02/24 00:25 from Musings
Votivator – March 5 Primary Election Jim Burklo I begin by urging us all not only to pay attention to “votivators” like myself, but to consider becoming “votivators” for others. There is nothing at all dishonorable about copying the ball...

» 2023 Hugo Awards scandal round up
22/02/24 01:33 from Noli Irritare Leones
File770: The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion John Scalzi: The 2023 Hugo Fraud and Where We Go From Here Books+Publishing: Glasgow Worldcon chair promises transparency following Hugo censorship Arinn Dembo on past H...

» Servant Consciousness and the Survival of Democracy
31/01/24 04:22 from Musings
Matthew 20:25-28 NRSV But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. It will not be so among you; but whoever...

» The Christening
26/01/24 20:18 from Musings
By Jim Burklo (Matthew 26: 6-13, Mark 14: 3-9, Luke 7: 36-50, John 12: 1-8) At a party, when a woman, without giving notice, anointed Jesus with perfumed oil, his fellow guests objected to its expense, which could have been...

» Action Now to Save Democracy
19/01/24 16:42 from Musings
Obviously, American democracy is in enormous danger in 2024, as demonstrated in both the words and the behavior of Donald Trump and his followers and enablers. Now – not later - is the time for each of us to do...

» Toward Digital Wisdom: A Manifesto for Churches (and everyone else)
11/01/24 03:58 from Musings

» Speech and Academic Integrity on Campus
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» Letting Go
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» Remembering Andre Braugher
15/12/23 05:04 from Noli Irritare Leones
At Synergy house at Stanford, you can find a series of notebooks (called “the Synergy journal” at least when I lived there) going back decades, each with things written by students who lived in Synergy at the time. If you wer...

» “No man can step into the same river twice”
28/10/23 16:23 from Noli Irritare Leones
“It’s 9/11 all over again,” I have seen a chorus of voices saying, on BlueSky, about October 7. Mostly they are people distraught about Israel’s response to Hamas’ assault on October 7, people who see the sa...

» The Civilian Side
15/10/23 04:38 from Noli Irritare Leones
There’s a moment in the movie “Eleni” where the judge who sentenced Gage’s mother to death asks Gage what side his mother was on. “The civilian side,” says Gage. Some wars are morally messy, both sides...

» Being Real
05/09/23 14:01 from MyQuest
Being Real Acts 22:3-16 by the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones First Central Congregational Church 3 September 2023 “Being a person is hard work; it is anxiety inducing and stressful.” So writes religion professor Chris Stedman in his book IRL: ...

» “Default Setting Brave”
03/09/23 05:29 from Noli Irritare Leones
“Default setting brave” is how my coworker who’s friends with Glenn Sprowl’s brother describes Glenn Sprowl. Three people died last week at Cook’s Corner: Tonya Clark, there to celebrate her birthday, and di...

» Mid-Forties: The Momentous Years
02/09/23 19:15 from MyQuest
This is the third post in a series reflecting on my forties. The first is here and the second here. This writing is prompted by my half-birthday last week and entering the final six months of my forties. That day I posted on Facebook "To...

» Late Forties: New Life
02/09/23 15:25 from MyQuest
This is the fourth, and last, post in a series reflecting on my forties, as I near their end. 2021/47--A Transition Year Vaccination! Much thanks to Darryl Brown for informing me that clergy were being inoculated along with social worker...

» My Forties: Two Contrasting Years
31/08/23 12:52 from MyQuest
43 and 44 offer two contrasting years. 2017 was the least eventful year of the decade, by which I mean lacking in major turning points and with few highlights. While 2018 was chock full of them. But both years were heavy with emotions, p...

» My Early Forties
30/08/23 20:26 from MyQuest
I've been thinking this week of the highlights and turning points of each year of my forties (as I'm in my final six months of the decade). So I decided to write about them. In this post My Early Forties which include some of the most si...

» Becoming Human
30/08/23 19:11 from MyQuest
Becoming Human Jonah 3:9-4:11 by the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones First Central Congregational Church 27 August 2023 On the Day of Atonement every year, Jews read the entire Book of Jonah at their worship service. The reason is explained by B...

» Jonah's Journeys
09/08/23 18:06 from MyQuest
Jonah's Journeys by Barbara Green OP My rating: 3 of 5 stars While it contains fun and interesting interpretations of the Book of Jonah, the text is really an examination of how we make meaning from reading scripture. Would be great to u...

» A Forever Kingdom
09/08/23 15:37 from MyQuest
A Forever Kingdom Daniel 7 by the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones First Central Congregational Church 30 July 2023 We’ve finished with the legends that compose the first half of the Book of Daniel and today will look at one of the apocalyptic vi...

» Substack links: A new COVID dashboard and a rabbi’s reflections on textual activism
07/08/23 14:03 from Noli Irritare Leones
COVID information has become harder to follow since the end of the public health emergency, but some may still have reasons to follow it. And, you can still assemble it from public health websites, but Dr. Jeremy Faust, Inside Medicine s...

» The Lion's Den
26/07/23 17:19 from MyQuest
The Lion’s Den Daniel 6 by the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones First Central Congregational Church 23 July 2023 The Rev. Dr. Yvonne Delk is one of the mothers of the United Church of Christ. She has spent many decades in leadership in our denomi...

» A Mad King
10/07/23 13:49 from MyQuest
A Mad King Daniel 4:28-37 by the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones First Central Congregational Church 9 July 2023 Before Joffrey Baratheon and Aerys Targaryen. Before MacBeth and King Lear. Even before Caligula and Nero. There was King Nebuchadne...

» On Justice O’Connor and Affirmative Action
03/07/23 15:07 from Noli Irritare Leones
Was Justice O’Connor Right? Race and Highly Selective College Admissions in 25 Years In 2003, in her opinion on Grutter v. Bollinger, Sandra Day O’Connor famously wrote: “We expect that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferen...

» Religious Liberty
02/07/23 15:02 from MyQuest
Religious Liberty Daniel 3:1-30 by the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones First Central Congregational Church 2 July 2023 Let’s note a few things about this story. For one, it’s a little over-the-top, isn’t it? Especially how often the author repea...

» Affirmative Action and Disparate Impact
30/06/23 00:37 from Noli Irritare Leones
I’ve been expecting today’s Supreme Court ruling for some time. Even pre-Trump, I’ve thought that affirmative action’s days were numbered, given the combination of Republicans getting more Supreme Court picks and ...

» Raising Them
14/06/23 14:15 from MyQuest
Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting by Kyl Myers My rating: 4 of 5 stars A memoir of one family's effort to raise a child without assigning them a gender at birth based upon their genitalia, allowing the child to for...

» Compassion & Power
12/06/23 14:22 from MyQuest
Compassion & Power 2 Kings 4:8-37 by the Rev. Dr. E. Scott Jones First Central Congregational Church 11 June 2023 This summer we are reading stories of prophets and rulers under the lens of the theme “Good Trouble.” Last week we heard a ...

» "Too Political"
09/06/23 00:24 from MyQuest
Every preacher, at least if they are doing their job, has heard at least once that someone thinks a sermon they preached is "too political." Even though this has been said plenty of times before, even by me, let me say it again clearly--...

» Rejectology
04/03/23 17:18 from Noli Irritare Leones
Reproducing a post that I made to Facebook about a week ago (I am now up to 26 rejections for the year): A little rejectology:Here’s today’s rejection (number 22 of the year): Thanks for sending this along. Unfortunately it d...

» Trump vs DeSantis
04/03/23 17:14 from Noli Irritare Leones
Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money writes on Is Trump or DeSantis Worse? Yes My one comment (me, not me quoting Lemieux) is that the answer to this question really depends on whether you’re asking whether Trump or DeSantis is...

» Sermoning
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» Youth Voices to be heard--from CitySquare!!!
16/11/21 20:42 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» Our big chance. . . .today!
03/11/21 03:30 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» Together We Rise!
26/10/21 21:38 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» Practical, Healthy Outcomes for Our Neighbors. . .
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» Troubled by. . .
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» Offended by Jesus?
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» Purpose in the Maze-like Homestretch
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» A Rotary Speech
20/04/21 18:40 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» Days of Our Present Horror
19/04/21 20:31 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» What I know for sure. . .
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» Mural on community chalkboard at The Forest. . .much more than a theater!
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» Community Pandemic, What's Ahead
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» Post Office
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» "I just want to live like you!"
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» Nostalgia
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» People
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» Sermon for St Andrew’s, RVA, July 21, 2019 Luke 10:38-42 “Consider The Bees”
21/07/19 23:00 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Needless Suffering
02/07/19 22:13 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» Fundamental Quiet
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» The Magic of Coffee
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» THE FORCE
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» BELONGINGS
28/03/19 22:56 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» Larry James' Urban Daily: Life under a bedspread
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» Life under a bedspread
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» Hate in My Family
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» My Beautiful Day at the DMV!
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» Merry Christmas from my hometown!
20/12/18 15:45 from Larry James' Urban Daily

» Sermon for Sunday, December 16, 2018 Holy Comforter, Richmond “Brood of Vipers”
16/12/18 23:28 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, October 14, 2018 Mark 10:17-31 “Journey”
14/10/18 10:30 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, September 2, 2018 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 “Cleaning Solution”
02/09/18 10:00 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday June 10, 2018 Mark 3:20-25 “Who Are Your People?”
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» Sermon for the Easter Vigil. Mark 16:1-8 “Broken[Open]Heart”
01/04/18 02:00 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, March 11, 2018 Numbers 21:4-9
13/03/18 19:27 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Valentine's Letter (Slightly Belated Because of the Confluence of Ash Wednesday and said V-Day)
19/02/18 03:52 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, November 12, 2017 Holy Comforter RVA 1 Thess 4:13-18 Matt 25:1-13 “Ready”
12/11/17 13:00 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, September 3, 2017 Exodus 3:1-15 Holy Ground
05/09/17 13:12 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, August 13, 2017 Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 “Siblings and Selling Away”
14/08/17 00:46 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, November 20, 2016 St Peter’s Arlington Luke 22:23-43 “Whom Do You See?”
21/11/16 16:19 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Financial Planning Comparisons Continued
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» Spiritual Disciplines for a Tuesday
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» Spiritual Disciplines
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» Sermon for Roger Thorpe’s Memorial Service, Tuesday, October 11, 2016
11/10/16 23:30 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, October 9, 2016 Luke 17:11-19 “Identity”
09/10/16 12:00 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, September 25, 2016 Holy Comforter, Richmond “A World Turned Upside Down”
08/10/16 17:52 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday, August 7, 2016 Trinity, Little Washington, Luke 12:32-40 “The Call”
08/08/16 15:24 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

» Sermon for Sunday July 31, 2016 St James, Richmond, Luke 12:13-21 “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”
31/07/16 10:00 from Rev-to-be-Mibi

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» Sermon for Sunday, July 10, 2016 Holy Comforter, Vienna, Luke 10:25-37 “Justice and Mercy in a World Turned Upside Down”
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» Sermon for Sunday, May 29, 2016 Grace, Goochland, Luke 7:1-10 “Amazed”
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» Sermon for Trinity Sunday May 22, 2016 "Inhabited"
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