Look closely at this picture. It is a vintage miniature replica of a telephone made of glass and metal. It only stands about four inches tall. Compare that to what you or your family members bought for each other this holiday season.

I believe that the conversation matters. If in the attempt to realize the reign of God on earth, we cannot engage one another in respectful and grace-filled dialogue, we might as well not even try. Thursday, March 22, 2018. Your Own Personal Jesus? The theology behind almost every one of our ecclesial disputes is Christological. Simply put, church conflicts cannot be resolved when we make Jesus into an abstract idea, rather than a living, breathing, incarnate reality. Why is this a problem? It is not pos.

Death, Lent, and The Valley of Suck. Indulge me for a moment. Grief comes first followed by death. Of the two, grief is easiest to name but few understand how it remains a constant companion, popping up and surprising us through the rest of our lives. And the more that I have come to foc.

Ongoing comment and dialogue on being a new church in a new world - A Blog by John Montgomery. This is a complicated and much-discussed theme, but there is nothing to be gained by ignoring it. Friday, September 5, 2008. Not much else needs to be said. I will be glad when our two candidates actually debate each other. Maybe we can move beyond the cute side shows. Friday, July 11, 2008.

Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Optimist. Thursday, March 28, 2013.

This time it will be different. Shouting into the vacuum has gotten me the attention I deserve. A little help from my friends.