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

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...

Do This in Remembrance of Me

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This is a somewhat early RLP piece, written when I was still anonymous. I'd guess it was 2003. I met Hugh Elliott, the man who...

i think i killed real live preacher

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My final entry i think i killed real live preacher i didnt mean to i thought resigning as the pastor of covenant baptist church would be...

You Ain’t Jesus, Preacher Part Two: Losing The Language of Love

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Note: Click here to read part one of this story. This is the story of how ministers find out they’re not Jesus. This is the...

You Ain’t Jesus, Preacher, Part One: The Tower of Babel

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Everyone has identity issues now and again. Maybe you don’t know who you are or don’t like who you think you might be. Maybe...

What if

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What if we suddenly saw the world with God’s eyes? What if the reality of good and evil exploded into our consciousness in a...

Goodbye, Iron Giant

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Before you read this you should read "Trinket Transformation." Saturday before last, I found a little boy under my table eating M&Ms. He was clearly...

Trinket Transformation

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I got to design my own office when we built our church four years ago. It's a 10' by 10' room with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves...

I was only ever outside once

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This piece was originally posted in February of 2004 and was intended to describe my experience as an anonymous blogger and my creepy feelings...

Big Numbers and Little Girls

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I’m in my office reading “Billions and Billions” by Carl Sagan and glancing occasionally at the picture of my youngest daughter that is on...

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by...

A Love Letter for Redeemed Pagans and Lost Christians

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There is only one righteous way for you to be saved if you’ve spent too much time in the Church. You must lay your...
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