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American Roulette

American Roulette

An eclectic group of authors spent six months collaborating on American Roulette, a blockbuster novel full of tension, dread, and anguish.

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Pastor Matthew Best

MAGA is not the same as Conservative

I half wonder why I’m bothering with this post. Maybe it’s because this is just something that bothers me. Maybe it’s because the lumping…

4 min read6 days ago

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Pastor Matthew Best

Stroll through Scripture for Sunday June 23, 2024

Based on 1 John 1:1–2:2

3 min readJun 18, 2024

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Pastor Matthew Best

Review and Reflection on “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt

This book was published in 2012. But really, it’s pretty timeless. Twelve years later and I find what Haidt wrote to be so very helpful…

8 min readJun 14, 2024

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Pastor Matthew Best

Review and Reflection on “The Ballot and the Bible” by Kaitlyn Schiess

If there are two subjects I care deeply about it is politics and religion. I have seen politics and religion be used and abused. I have…

7 min readJun 13, 2024

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Pastor Matthew Best

Review and Reflection on “God and Empire” by John Dominic Crossan -

John Dominic Crossan is a person within Christianity that elicits a strong reaction from some folks because of his arguments about Jesus…

6 min readJun 12, 2024

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Pastor Matthew Best

Stroll through Scripture for June 16, 2024

Based on Matthew 6:9–13

3 min readJun 11, 2024

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Conviction! Conviction? Conviction…

I serve as the pastor of a church with an old building that is constantly in need of attention. This becomes all the more important because…

7 min readMay 31, 2024

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Pastor Matthew Best

The Comment Section

Ah, the comment section. Does it really matter where? It could be on an article on a news website. It could be on a post on social media…

4 min readMay 29, 2024

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Stroll through Scripture for Sunday June 2, 2024 -

Based on Matthew 13:

2 min readMay 28, 2024

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Pastor Matthew Best

Stroll through Scripture for Sunday May 26, 2024

Based on 2 Timothy 3:10–17

2 min readMay 21, 2024

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Pastor Matthew Best

Pastor Matthew Best

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My name is Matthew Best. I’m an ELCA (Lutheran) pastor who attempts to translate church and churchy stuff into everyday language.

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