My Preaching Schedule — So Far

preaching-scheduleSomeone asked by email where I might be preaching in the area and I thought it might be nice to keep people updated on this. Read More...
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Resurrection Happens

3candles02Right around the time I formally retired from the United Methodist ministry, I surprised myself. I recognized that I was still a Christian. In a way, nothing had changed. Yet, somehow it had. Read More...
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Standing Before the Cross

venerationCrossMany years ago I served a church in the northern part of Michigan. At the time I was there, the nearest town had a well-attended Ministerial Association. The Ministerial Association had one program which was very successful and that was the Annual Community Good Friday Service. Read More...
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Adventures in Dizziness

vertigo-1344521904To tell you the truth, I generally don't know what I can do and what I can't do. Vertigo can hit unexpectedly and for no apparent reason. Read More...
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Coming Home

homecoming_2For a long time, I felt like I was kind of a nomad. I am still reminded of the fact every time someone asks me "Where are you from?" It’s not supposed to be a difficult question.
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Personal Update: How I'm Doing

vertigo-1344521904It's tiresome to hear someone talk about his/her ailments, I know. But, in this case, the ailment has effected my online behavior. Read More...
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What I Mean by Faith

IMG_0660I've been thinking lately about what I mean when I talk about faith or the life of faith. Read More...
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Vertigo

vertigo-1344521904I'm typing this out on the iPad, just in case, but I have been feeling a little better the last two days. Read More...
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A Brief Personal Note

1344521904-vertigoThere is a reason why this blog has been rather silent lately — and it’s not just because of the holidays. Read More...
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My Journey With the Bible

Bible-messageA few notes on my journey in understanding the Bible. Read More...
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Personal Update 10/30/2012

MacBook_ProWell, first I had computer problems. Then I got sick. Thursday, I’m off to prison. Read More...
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School of Prayer, Fall 2012

UR_LivingPrayer_WBKOnce again, I will be leading a School of Prayer, based on Maxie Dunnam’s Workbook of Living Prayer at the Crosswind Community Church in Dorr, Michigan. Read More...
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How I Got Involved in the West Michigan UMC Youth Council

youth_ministryWhen I first came into the ministry, the one thing I knew I never wanted to do was Youth Ministry…. Read More...
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Keryx

b_keaton_behind-bars1I won’t be posting here over the weekend. I’ll be in prison. Read More...
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A Testimony to God's Grace

Cross_w_mtsI know that my perspective is shaped by the experiences I’ve been through. Read More...
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A Morning Prayer

prayer4Many years ago I made a quiet spiritual breakthrough in my life. Read More...
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I Have a Study Now!

Things have changed a bit here at the house, and there is now a room on the main floor that is available as a Study/Office. Read More...
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Some Thoughts

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Craig L. Adams
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Some Sites & Blogs that are worth a look:

A Peculiar Prophet (Bishop William H. Willimon)
Accountable Discipleship (Steven Manskar)
Allan R. Bevere
Ancient Hebrew Poetry (John Hobbins)
Asbury Seedbed
Ben Witherington on Bible and Culture
Black, White and Gray (Sociology & Christianity)
Carl McColman
Cheese-Wearing Theology (Amanda MacInnis)
Christus Victor Ministries blog (Greg Boyd)
Covered in the Master's Dust (Ben Gosden)
Covenant of Love (Derek Ouellette)
Crumbs from the Communion Table (Justin Lee)
Dr. Platypus (Darrell Pursiful)
Euangelion (Michael Bird & Joel Willitts)
Everyday Theology (Marc Cortez)
Faith Improvised (Tim Gombis)
For the Love of Wisdom & the Wisdom of Love (Thomas Jay Oord)
Gentle Wisdom (Peter Kirk)
Gloria Deo: Wesleyan-glican Ramblings (Daniel McLain Hixon)
God’s Politics (Jim Wallis & friends)
Holloway Rev (Paul Weary)
Incarnatio (Matt O'Reilly)
Inhabitatio Dei (Halden Doerge)
Internet Monk
(Ir)regular Christian (Casey Taylor)
James-Michael Smith
James Pedlar
Jeff K. Clarke
Jonathan Martin
Jesus Creed (Scot McKnight)
John Meunier’s Blog
Lisa Colón DeLay
Lakeside Reflections (Mark Payne)
Mercy, not Sacrifice (Morgan Guyton)
MethoBlog
McIlweb (Keith McIlwain)
Ministry Matters
Nijay K. Gupta
Notes from a Small Place (Jake Meador)
Oboedire (Steve Harper)
Of Dust and Kings (T. E. Hanna)
of Paper, Pints and Tweed (Mason Slater)
Pam BG's Blog (Pam Garrud)
Participatory Bible Study Blog (Henry E. Neufield)
Peter Enns
Pisteuomen (T. Michael W. Halcomb)
Professor Obvious (Jason A. Staples)
The Pulpiteer (Andy Croel)
Purging my soul…one blog at a time (Sam Nunnally)
Quadrilateral Thoughts (Ken Schenck)
Rankin File (Steve Rankin)
Rachel Held Evans
Randal Rauser
Real Meal Ministries (Brian D. Russell)
Reasonable Faith (William Lane Craig)
Reformed and Always Reforming (Randy Boswell)
Reformedish (Derek Rishmawy)
Roger E. Olson
The Ivy Bush (Jonathan Marlowe)
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (Brian MacArevey)
Society of Evangelical Arminians
Storied Theology (J. R. Daniel Kirk)
Steele's Answers
Teddy Ray: Theology, Ministry and Life with God
the episcopalian (William Birch)
The New Methofesto (Wes Magruder)
The Pangea Blog (Kurt Willems)
The Plow Boy (Lawrence Garcia)
The Search for Integrity (Bob Buehler)
The Unfiltered Wesleyan (Matthew Johnson)
Threads from Henry’s Web (Henry E. Neufeld)
The Blog Chooses the Blogger (Will Grady)
Theological Graffitti (T. C. Moore)
Theologician (Kyle Blanchette)
Unsettled Christianity (Joel E. Watts)
United Methodeviations (Dan R. Dick)
United Methodist Insight (Cynthia B. Astle)
Vital Piety (Kevin Watson)
Walking in the Wilderness (Pat Schwebes Dunbar)
Wesleyan Arminian (Kevin Jackson)
Wesleyan Leadership (Steven Manskar)
Wesleyan Sermons (audio)
W. David Phillips
Writing in the Dust (Wesley Hill)