Clint (progressive pastor in the South)

The Vanishing Church—and the One Ryan Burge Forgot I recently finished reading The Vanishing Church by Ryan P.

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Lutheran Confessions: A Re-Introduction I started writing Lutheran Confessions (one of the earlier pastor blogs) around the turn of the millennium, back when blogging felt like an experiment—an open notebook on the internet where pastors, t...

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A Lutheran Warning Against Holy War The question is not, Did Khamenei need to be deposed? but rather, Should we have been the ones to do it?

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Forever After Decline Progressive Christianity and a generational Imagination

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Live with Lutheran Instagram Pastor Paul Drees A recording from Clint Schnekloth's live video

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With a (Lutheran) Judicial Finger in the Dike Serendipitously, I find myself on the Texas Lutheran University campus speaking with a variety of classes and preaching at chapel during the very same week that TLU alum Fred Biery issued a blistering...

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A letter trying to keep Senator Cotton Honest On January 25th I sent a letter to my senators and representative.

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Intersectionality as the New Dogmatics A Theological Reflection on the Shifting Landscape of Christian Thought

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Churches Housing LGBTQIA+ Families 2026 Pastoral Study Grant Kick-off

Churches Housing LGBTQIA+ Families
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A Protest Song For This Moment For the people of Minnesota

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A letter to my congressmen you can borrow or adapt: On the Constitution, Rule of Law, and Federal Law Enforcement Dear Senator Cotton, Senator Boozman, and Representative Womack,

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Pharaoh, ICE, and the Hardening of American Conscience: Minneapolis Under Federal Occupation “But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh…” (Exodus 9:12)

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ELCA Bishop Curry Issues Statement on ICE Shooting in Minneapolis January 9, 2026

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Why an Ancient Book May Be a Safer Place for Our Attention Than Modern Media For a long time now, many of us have been taught to approach Scripture with a certain modern wariness.

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Why I Don’t Believe Being LGBTQIA+ Is a Sin When People Say “The Bible Says It’s a Sin”: A Christian Response to LGBTQIA+ Questions

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Why I Don’t Believe Being LGBTQIA+ Is a Sin When People Say “The Bible Says It’s a Sin”: A Christian Response to LGBTQIA+ Questions

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The Top Ten Lutheran Confessions of 2025 Public, pastoral theology as solidarity under threat.

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I’m not a fully realized person For about the past two years I have rarely if ever worn a clerical collar.

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There Is More Than One Socialism Last week my brother posted the following:

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End-of-Year Book Reflection 2025 Books Mentioned In This Post:

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Every Neighbor Is Beloved A powerful video proclamation by Minnesota ELCA clergy naming Somali neighbors (and all immigrants) beloved

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“I Was a Stranger, and You Hated Me”: A Pastoral Response to Trump’s "Garbage" Comment This summer, President Trump signed an executive order expanding the United States travel ban to 12 countries, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritr...

“I Was a Stranger, and You Hated Me”: A Pastoral Response to Trump’s "Garbage" Comment
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Churches Aren’t Meant to Be Masculinity Clinics -or- The Gospel Is Not a Gender Script

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I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that liberals would be taken in by a neo-Luddite who knows how to write, but why Paul Kingsnorth is getting a pass while being a transphobic POS is beyond me.

Saturday Morning Coffee With Inquiring Families I want to describe this for my church leadership, but also have it be outward facing, to show how appealing some of the new energy is for progressive church life right now.

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One working definition of a nation in decline would be when the branches of government can’t decide whether it’s legal to starve their own people.

Sobriety and Inclusion This weekend I’m preparing to preach on sobriety and inclusion.

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November 1 Tonight we find ourselves in that space between holy days—the day of All Saints, observed on the first of November, and the day of All Souls, observed on the second.

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