This archive has essays from the original Real Live Preacher blog, which is no longer online.

I am flattered to find that on occasion someone remembers something I wrote and would like to read it again. Click here to submit a request for me to bring back one of the RLP essays or stories. Over time this will become a nice archive of the original material.

Gordon

How to find a church

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I keep getting emails from people who say, “Your church sounds nice. I wish I could find one like that.” Let me guess. You’re looking...

There’s something about the way you use the Bible

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There’s something about the way you use the bible, something about the way you use it as a tool, as a weapon, as a...

Even the rich woman

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A Dramatized Version of a Bible Story No one hated rich people more than Judas. Seriously, he hated them. Judas said the problems our people...

Forget the Angles

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I have a preacher friend who lives in an old farmhouse that he is restoring himself. He’s one of those “do everything” guys. Gardening,...

James, John, & Crazy Joe

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It happened in one of those quiet moments when nothing much was going on. Peter whistled while he mended a net. Bartholomew picked at...

The richest man in town

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Delivered as a sermon at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, April 9th, 2006 Jesus of Nazareth was in town, and the word spread quickly. Whispers moved...

Crocodile Hunter

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When I first came to know Jonah and Robert, I was very eager to please. They were my first real wheelchair friends. When I...

The Smallest Person in All the World

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This story originally appeared at RealLivePreacher.com in two parts. Part One: The Rabbi, the Woman, and the Cities The Rabbi (Twenty Years Before) Jesus, son of Joseph, what...

The George Stories

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These three stories were posted in this order in January of 2003 at Real Live Preacher. This was VERY early in my RLP adventure....

A Religion of Denial

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Originally posted in 2006 at RLP Back in the early 90s, a man named John was a member of our church. He was a professional...

Seeing Gravity

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For a brief period of time in 2001 I started seeing gravity, and my world turned into a slapstick comedy. It began when a...

The Raccoon Stories

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In 2004 I had raccoon troubles. I wrote about them in a series of stories. Mind you, I didn't put a lot of effort...

Naked as the day we were born

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I had a vision the other day that came to me in the form of a daydream. I was sitting in the library staring...

Hollowed Be Thy Name

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Originally published at Real Live Preacher in May of 2003. These people asked me to do a wedding in a hollow church. I shit you...

.9 of X

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  Let this circle represent a pastor. Let x represent the reality of his life. X includes the best and the worst in him. X includes...
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