“Both/And”
I can remember the first time I heard the phrase “Both/And” in a religious setting. I was huddled among moderate Baptists with whom I...
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Brandon Billings
Feb 18, 20163 min read
Reincarnation
I am certain that the title of this post caught the attention of my evangelical Christian friends, though that was not my intention. The...
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Brandon Billings
Jan 18, 20166 min read
Hero Worship and MLK,Jr. Day
I still have a knot in my throat and a certain sorrow in my heart after a weekend with Martin Luther King, Jr. Actually it was a couple...
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Brandon Billings
Jan 9, 20163 min read
Leaving Well Enough Alone
As I continue my lifelong journey of taking scripture by the throat, choking every ounce of truth from it, I run the risk of drawing ire...
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Brandon Billings
Jan 5, 20166 min read
Narnia and Nationalism
Respectfully though ironic, their plea sounds much like what I would have imagined was offered by Native Americans, when those same lands...
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Brandon Billings
Jan 1, 20165 min read
Treasured People
People are everything and with the right people anything is possible in the New Year. With those possibilities come the greatest joys,...
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Brandon Billings
Dec 29, 20156 min read
New Wine Requires New Wine Skins
Most sincere in my belief, though somewhat less confident in both my walk and my skill as a theologian, I now often meditate on the...
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Brandon Billings
Dec 10, 20154 min read
Love and Community
For some time now, I have wanted to unpack my thoughts on the celebration of communion. This past Saturday as I sat in a Catholic...
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Brandon Billings
Dec 1, 20153 min read
A Transformational Moment
This morning I felt compelled to expand upon my thoughts as I began a read through Galatians. Actually, I have delayed responding for...
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Brandon Billings
Nov 24, 20153 min read
Sentimental, Heretical or Whole?
I probably should have written this earlier this a.m. as I lay in bed pondering just where I might be in my faith. Often as the weary...
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Brandon Billings
Sep 6, 20152 min read
One Day
Aging is a phenomenal journey as it provides an ever increasing knowledge of people and circumstances. Daily the void of understanding is...
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Brandon Billings
Aug 30, 20154 min read
You Will Be There
It seems that writing is becoming the natural response to my ever lengthening ritual of morning devotions. I can hardly awake early...
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Brandon Billings
Aug 29, 20153 min read
A Friend of God
This morning my family and a back yard full of friends prepare to celebrate the first year of John Luther’s life. He was actually born...
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Brandon Billings
Aug 28, 20151 min read
Oh, The Donkeys We Ride!
“The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and...
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Brandon Billings
Aug 18, 20154 min read
Progressive Revelation
Whether anything will ever come of my writing is becoming less and less significant. The conviction of my heart rather, did I honestly...
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Brandon Billings
Aug 15, 20152 min read
“The Family of the Unsandaled”
The above language from Deuteronomy 25:10 stood out this a.m.in my annual read through scripture. Whether such a linear devotional...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 29, 20154 min read
True Community
This past week was quite amazing in that I had gracious time to be alone when needed, and the privilege of spending seven days with my...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 16, 20153 min read
What is Faith?
Of late I must say that my faith has been tested. I am now 37 years into my calling to “cities.” Each year I have engaged in some way...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 15, 20153 min read
The Price of Spiritual Leadership
For many years now I have been fascinated with the volumes of literature around leadership. Raised in a blue collar environment, I was...
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Brandon Billings
Jul 14, 20152 min read
A Robe, a Ring and a Role
For several days now I have contemplated my role in life going forward. This Red Zone era of aging is an amazing gift. One has had plenty...
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