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Looking Back and Moving Forward
Monday, November 3, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! I spent a few hours on Saturday reading some of the past Monday Moments as I continue working on a project of turning over 200 reflections into a book. As I read through pieces I wrote several years ago, I recognize which ideas have changed and even how my writing style has grown and developed. There are clear contenders for inclusion in the book and others which aren’t bad, but perhaps not up to the level of republishing (th
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Underemployment in a Time Such as This
Monday, October 27, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! If you’ve been following along with developments in the life of our LOVEboldly community, you know that financial constraints, many the secondary and tertiary fruits of the present moment in our history, have required me to reduce my hours and have affected our overall capacity to keep all operations the same as before. One sign of this was the lack of Monday Moment last week when I simply didn’t have the time to write it. It
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In the Details
Monday, October 13, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! My aunt loved details. She enjoyed planning events, working through all the details...
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Bishops
Monday, October 6, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! Growing up Roman Catholic, visits from the diocesan [1] bishop were special occasions...
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Cradle Christians
Monday, September 29, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! As Siobhan and I continue recording episodes for the second season of “Coming Out...
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A Rare Missed Week
Monday, September 22, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! As begin living into the new reality of working a reduced and hourly schedule for...
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Saying More About Ourselves
Monday, September 15, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! I spent most of last week engaged in anti-violence, specifically anti-political...
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The Dark Side of Vocation
Monday, September 8, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! Our chaplain at Sewanee, the Very Rev. Tom Macfie, was a fan of Fredrick Buechner and...
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For Some Activities, There are No Seasons (The 200th Monday Moment)
Monday, September 1, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! Perhaps one of the most popular passages in the Bible, to the point that some people...
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Growing Up in the Choir
Monday, August 25, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! One of the church spaces that has often and historically been a haven for LGBTQIA+...
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Marriage
Monday, August 18, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! Several weeks ago, I was supposed to attend the wedding celebration for two close...
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The Doctrine of Discovery
Monday, August 11, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! Recently, I read a special issue of Cross Currents dedicated to the Doctrine of...
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Writing a Sermon
Monday, August 4, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! If you are not called or not in a position to regularly write and deliver sermons and...
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Viewpoint Diversity and Moral Absolutes
Monday, July 28, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! One of the constant refrains we hear and advice we’re given is that we need to get out of...
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The Sociable Weaver
Monday, July 21, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! I spent almost a week in Atlanta, GA, recently attending the Holy Convocation of The...
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"We Are Family"
Monday, July 14, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! As most of you know I recently returned from a week in Atlanta, GA, for Holy Convocation...
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"The Indelible Mark of the Priesthood"
Monday, July 7, 2025 Happy Monday, my friends! This is one of the Monday Moments in which I’m writing, in part, about something which is...
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Nervous for Someone Else's Courage
Monday, June 30, 2025 Happy Monday and Happy Pride, my friends! Today is the last day of Pride Month and at approximately 12am (midnight)...
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Embracing the Unknown
Monday, June 23, 2025 Happy Monday and Happy Pride, my friends! Today marks the beginning of the last full week of Pride Month 2025....
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A Rich Tapestry
Monday, June 16, 2025 Happy Pride and Happy Monday, my friends! Last week we celebrated the Second Annual Interfaith Pride Service....
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