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Irreverent Musings

Irreverent?

Irreverent?

What is reverence? Am I suggesting that we should be flippant about God?
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Jon U
Jan 6, 2017
Misfit?

Misfit?

I often feel like a misfit. I’m too conservative. Too progressive. I’m “too Christian.” Not “Christian-like” enough. Too goofy. Too…
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Jon U
Jan 6, 2017
About the Misfit Minister

About the Misfit Minister

Hello. I am Rev Jon Umbdenstock.
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Jon U
Jan 13, 2017
Latest stories
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Sep 11

Bin Laden Won, I Thought to Myself that Day…

Bin Laden won, I thought to myself on that early October day in a motel on Panama…

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Sep 11, 2021

Twenty Years Ago: Not Surprised

I was in my Salley Hall shower, taking my time as usual. I really enjoy long showers. They’re relaxing…

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Mar 24, 2021

Bad Theology is Deadly

The murder of 8 people, six of Asian descent in Georgia reveals that much of our country has a theology problem…

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Jon U
Oct 10, 2020

Conflict and Community: It’s Uses and Abuses

[A reading of Matthew 18:15–20 and Romans 13:8–14]

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Sep 24, 2020

Like a Child

[A reading of Matthew 18:1–14 in Conversation with Romans 14, N.T. Wright’s Matthew for Everybody, Stanley Hauerwas’s Matthew, and…

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Sep 24, 2020

Something is Wrong

[Matthew 24 in Dialogue with New Monasticism by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove]

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Jon U
Aug 28, 2020

Wrestling with God

[A reading of Genesis 32:22–31]

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