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The Great Revealing

June 1st, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

There’s a lot of media chatter about how we’ve traded away our privacy for the blessing of the technology gods. It’s a big deal. No going back. Maybe we’ll find… Read More

Stuff that matters

May 25th, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

Yesterday I stumbled into a surprising article in the June issue of Atlantic Magazine that was doubly intriguing given the match-up between author and content. At the age of 95… Read More

Cocktail Fear

May 18th, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

In the corner of the room something more than the usual cocktail party chatter was shaping up. I was surprised to hear this group of five millennials talking seriously about… Read More

Bow and arrows

May 4th, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

May 20th is Confirmation Sunday when a number of our kids will receive the church’s blessing for their emergent faith journey. I well remember when my children received this blessing… Read More

Facebook Shenanigans

April 13th, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

Glancing around the interior of the immaculate taxi cab, of which the driver was expressively proud, I noticed a small sign in the corner of a window that said, “Vehicle… Read More

The Morning After

April 6th, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

Ok, so I’m seriously dating myself here, but I’m reminded this week of an old hit single from the early ‘70’s that won the Best Song Oscar, later released by… Read More

Invitation to Humility

March 23rd, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

Those readers who know my wife, Melissa, know that I married very well lest I should find myself thinking more of my gifts than I ought to. A couple of… Read More

A lesson for Lent

March 16th, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

I was a freshman in college when I confronted the prospect of being drafted at the height of the Vietnam War. While against the war, I was also politically naïve… Read More

Languishing

March 9th, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

About this time in the season of Lent, I can slip into the spiritual doldrums. That is, after nearly 40 years of repeating the liturgical cycle on the backside of… Read More

Solidarity

February 23rd, 2018 by Stephen Bauman

Sometimes events dictate what must be considered in a weekly message like this. If I had no word about the school shooting in Florida and its aftermath, you would surely… Read More