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Advent Week 1: Hope
The following is material I prepared for our church community. It is comprised of a short essay regarding the first week of Advent...
Dan MacIntosh
Nov 27, 20224 min read


An Advent Primer
The following is from material I prepared for our church community. It is comprised of a short homily regarding Advent, followed by a...
Dan MacIntosh
Nov 23, 20225 min read


Nov 11/22: reflections on a dream
He stands before the bathroom mirror, Markedly different than the night before, The surface marred, etched, scratched. The perpetrator of...
Dan MacIntosh
Nov 21, 20221 min read


Sitzfleisch
For reasons unbeknownst to me, I have recently become the recipient of a "Word of the Day" email. I have actually quite enjoyed learning...
Dan MacIntosh
Nov 7, 20223 min read


Psalm 23 Vignettes
Psalm 23 is a series of vignettes or scenes describing David’s felt sense of God’s presence, protection, and provision. It is David at...
Dan MacIntosh
Nov 4, 20226 min read


Love Ya!
It's hard to know when "love ya" as a casual closure to a conversation crept into common usage. It seems to me that it became much more...
Dan MacIntosh
Oct 17, 20222 min read


Brains on Sticks
I don't think that disengagement from the body is an exclusive accomplishment of evangelicals, but certainly we have turned it into a...
Dan MacIntosh
Oct 17, 20223 min read


Prayer as Joining God on the Porch
When I was growing up in the evangelical church, prayer was primarily seen as petition. “I’ll pray for you” was a common reassuring and...
Dan MacIntosh
May 10, 20227 min read


Aug 23: pronouns
Pronouns Have got me thinking Oh my God What are his hers/theirs Hebrew Greek Latin English Gendered neutered neither White guys arguing...
Dan MacIntosh
Mar 19, 20221 min read


April 11: a thin place
Trout creek valley A thin place The other day His love breaking through The atmospheric veil Raining down As presence and substance And...
Dan MacIntosh
Mar 19, 20221 min read


A Theology of Disease, Petitionary Prayer, and Healing
This question was recently asked as a result of the story of my faith struggle in 2015 regarding the death of my friend Pat after my...
Dan MacIntosh
Mar 19, 20229 min read
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