Blog The Spiritual Practice of Placemaking When Covid-19 disrupted our family vacation plans for the summer, it felt like just one more disappointment to pile on…Brian KeepersAugust 3, 2020
Blog Reclaiming the Prophetic Call of the Pastor The elder pulled him aside after the worship service. “Can I give you some advice, Pastor?” he asked. “Keep politics…Brian KeepersJuly 6, 2020
Blog Listening for the Grace Notes Upon finishing seminary and entering my first pastorate, my wife Tammy and I decided we were ready to start a…Brian KeepersMay 11, 2020
Blog Putting Fear in its Place “T’was grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved.” - Amazing Grace (verse 2) Like so…Brian KeepersApril 13, 2020
Blog Say Grace at the Polls It’s been another crazy few weeks in American politics. Crazy seems to be the new norm. Impeachment proceedings. An acquittal…Brian KeepersFebruary 17, 2020
Blog The Transformative Power of Friendship It’s not every Sunday that a journalist from the New York Times visits your church. At least not the church…Brian KeepersJanuary 20, 2020
Blog The Simeon and Anna of Skid Row When I step off the bus, I’m immediately greeted by the distinct smell of a crush of humanity--30,000 homeless people…Brian KeepersDecember 23, 2019
Blog Into the Depths: Why I’m Grateful for The Twelve I’m almost finished with the new book by my friend and fellow blogger Jeff Munroe, Reading Buechner: Exploring the Work…Brian KeepersDecember 2, 2019
Blog The Blessing and the Limp The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed…Brian KeepersNovember 18, 2019
Blog Promising to Love Prodigals Every couple months I try to gather my parishioners who are residents in our local retirement home for a time…Brian KeepersOctober 21, 2019