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

Talk to the hand

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People like the idea of getting to the bottom of things. It suits our human desire for stability. We don’t like floundering in high...

Why don’t you write something about prayer & Something about prayer

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Background: When RealLivePreacher.com (the book) was published, I created nine essays that were unique to the book. They were never online. My editor said,...

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...
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