This is an occasionally annotated “table of contents” for my 2020 blog posts:

1. A Christmas Abecedary – December 20, 2019 (my first blog after completing my year-long focus on climate, hence included in 2020; a whimsical, revolutionary reflection on Christmas … through the alphabet.)
2. The Feast of Epiphany – January 6, 2020
3. Litany for Ash and Oil – January 11, 2020 (worship aid for Ash Wednesday thinking about climate crisis)
4. Be Salty: A Top Ten Teachings List for Jesus – January 16, 2020
5. Lydia: Patron Saint of Purple … and Piss – January 27, 2020
6. The Day the Levees Broke – February 1, 2020 (anguished, angry reflections on the Senate impeachment process)
7. Madagascar’s Four Unlikely Evangelists – February 8, 2020
8. LENT 2020: Keeping Faith on a Fragile Planet – February 20, 2020 (not exactly a daily devotional; more a daily “actional” for Lent)
9. JPMorgan: Banking on an Apocalypse … – February 21, 2020 (on investing IN climate chaos)
10. Eschatology, Solidarity, and the Bern – March 8, 2020
11. The Shape of Love in a Time of Contagion – March 12, 2020 (the first of what became a series of posts on the pandemic – this one about – not – gathering for worship)
12. Making Ourselves Present (Across the Distance) – March 15, 2020 (on taking social distancing with deadly earnest)
13. BREAKING: God Tests Positive – March 16, 2020 (satire in service of theological truth)
14. A Father’s Words to Far Off Children – March 20, 2020 (writing to my kids – across the country – about the pandemic)
15. Hospitality … in “the Distance” – March 22, 2020 (whimsy on working from home – but with a deeper purpose)
16. Praying the Lord’s Prayer in a Pandemic – March 29, 2020
17. Grief Upon Grief – April 5, 2020 (Palm Sunday reflection on all the death coming our way)
18. How to Empty a Tomb – April 11, 2020 (Easter – in a time when tombs are filling left and right)
19. “Liberate Minnesota” Didn’t Liberate Anything – April 18, 2020 (on the protests against the “stay-at-home” directives)
20. Gaslighting & the Gospel … Post-Pandemic Faithfulness – April 28, 2020
21. America’s Zyklon B Moment – May 6, 2020 (unnerving reflections about the costs we’re ready – eager?! – to pay to re-open)
22. Pandemic Mutations – May 7, 2020 (a personal piece on being a writer in these times)
23. Pornstars, Parables, and the Pandemic – May 8, 2020 (unexpected insights from beyond the edge …)
24. Haunted by My Past – May 21, 2020 (a tale of kindness finding me from my past)
25. Note to Self on How to Respond to a Lynching – May 27, 2020 (written in the anguished anger following George Floyd’s murder)
26. Sometimes a Riot is an Act of God— – May 30, 2020 (on the sometimes holy character of civil unrest))
27. Come This Wilderness (Abolition 1) – June 8, 2020 (a first tentative reflection on the calls for defunding the police)
28. Trump’s Pride Assault on Trans Lives – June 15, 2020 (unpacking the misinformation in a social media post shared by a friend)
29. He cried for his Mama (poem) – June 18, 2020 (on George Floyd’s murder)
30. Everybody But (acrostic poem) – June 19, 2020 (again, on George Floyd’s murder)
31. Coming Out Against White Allies – June 20, 2020 (thinking out loud about why “ally” falls short)
32. Throwing Jesus Off a Cliff (Abolition 2) – June 30, 2020 (a second, more “assertive” view on police abolition)
33. Follow the Drinking Gourd (Abolition 3) – July 2, 2020 (a third abolition piece)
34. The Hollow Man and the Fourth of July Fireworks – July 5, 2020 (reflecting on the atrocity of music played at Mount Rushmore)
35. The Poor Will be With You Always (Abolition 4) – July 8, 2020 (invoking the memory of Kurt Vonnegut for abolition)
36. When Stones Shout (Abolition 5) – July 9, 2020 (a fifth piece on abolition)
37. From Mount Sinai to Minneapolis (Abolition 6) – July 11, 2020 (a sixth piece on abolition and a theology of promise)
38. 61 Going On 19 (poem) – July 24, 2020 (personal – on viewing Comet Neowise)
39. Being Anti-Racist IS an Act of Faith – July 24, 2020 (reflection sparked by an online class on Dismantling Whiteness)
40. Good Christian Racist: My Journey Out of Whiteness – August 3, 2020 (autobiographical reflection from Dismantling Whiteness)
41. Albert Weiss and the Ku Klux Klan – August 4, 2020 (a bit of family history unfolded; sparked by Dismantling Whiteness)
42. Five Loaves, Two Fish, and a Truck – in Uganda – August 8, 2020 (a fund appeal to support a friend in Uganda)
43. Water Carriers—Every One of Us – September 1, 2020 (reflection on participating in the Relay for Our Water)
44. Lady Liberty in the Foreground (poem – reprised from 9/11/01) – September 11, 2020
45. Visualizing 2040: Imagining My Place in Tomorrow – September 16, 2020 (expansion of a visioning exercise for a Regenerative Leadership class)
46. Hearts & Minds: #1 First Things First – September 30, 2020 (the first of six presentations on “Approaching the Bible with Heart and Mind: An introduction to Scripture for those who affirm that ‘God is Still Speaking’”)
47. Getting a Truck for a Song: Dorcas Star Mission – October 4, 2020 (presentation offered to a local church expanding on the “Five Loaves … Truck” post)
48. Hearts & Minds: #2 On Eagles Wings – November 12, 2020 (the second of 6 presentations, this one on the “big picture” view of the biblical story)
49. Better World? My Ass! – November 19, 2020 (a rather cheeky but serious reflection on the merit in our toilet paper choices)
50. Heart & Minds: #3 Christmas Pageant Pandemonium – December 1, 2020 (the third of six, untangling & untaming Christmas: the socio-political messaging in the Christmas stories)
51. The Place Where Advent Starts – December 5, 2020 (re-post of a favorite advent hymn text)
52. Have Yourself a ‘Mary’ Little Christmas (poem) – December 9, 2020
53. Table Grace at the Manger – December 13, 2020 (repost of a 1997 piece)
54. Beyond Christmas Pageant Pandemonium – December 20, 2020 (a short Q&A of sorts)
55. Crying “Uncle” – December 28, 2020 (a memoir-style piece linking my brother’s drinking, my uncle’s racism, and Christmas music)