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February 2016

February 03, 2016

Ted Cruz is no Friend of Jesus

Ted Cruz. The crusading evangelical. But he doesn’t seem to be running on gospel values. ...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

Transparent. Transfigured. The Difference Is What Happens to the Heart.

Transparent is the title of Amazon’s hit TV series, a series the Atlantic Monthly called...

January 29, 2016

Hillary and Jesus: A Selfie About Faith

It’s an astonishing snapshot. The more so because the 2016 Campaign has had every Republican...

January 23, 2016

Jesus – the Preacher Nobody Wanted to Hear

Change is a tough nut, really. You can break your teeth on it, trying to...

January 20, 2016

Surviving the NH Primary

Congratulations! said the way-too-cheery voice on my phone message machine. You have the chance to...

January 17, 2016

Jesus’ Agenda

Here in New Hampshire, three weeks before the primary, there is no escaping the candidates....

January 14, 2016

Rights and Wrongs: Thinking About Race in Our Time

Lynchings: for black Americans, they were a perpetual fear and a regular danger in southern...

January 10, 2016

Flesh and the Miracle of Fine Wine

Jesus was not a Marrying Parson. He left us no sermons about marriage and family...

January 08, 2016

Abiding Grace in Downton Abbey

The numbers are staggering. It boggles the mind – a terribly British, pretty formulaic, Edwardian...

January 02, 2016

Learning to Swim in Holiness

In the movie Brooklyn, based on a story by Colm Toibin, a young Irish teen,...

January 01, 2016

Is Jesus Getting the Heave-Ho in the New Year?

Texans are ringing in the New Year by wearing their guns in public places, a...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

The Light of All People v. Evangelical Fury

John's Gospel opens with a paean to the unlimited beauty, eternal creativity, and breathtaking presence of...

December 17, 2015

Dangerous Strangers: War Room Conversations

It was less than two weeks before Christmas. And in the most powerful country the...

December 14, 2015

Angels and Animals: Voices in Our Wilderness

Everywhere, the air is full of outcry: John thunders down words of destruction; the anvils...

December 09, 2015

The Foxy Foremothers of Jesus

In those ancient days before ancestry.com, before DNA ancestor typing, before US census data, before...

December 07, 2015

The Startling Babies of Christmas 2015

Last week baby news came at warp speed: Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook and...

December 03, 2015

No More Lying About Mary

It’s Advent, and the same old lies about Mary are slipping over pulpits and out...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

The Economics of Hope

Here comes John the Baptist again. He’s as regular as swallows returning to Capistrano, as...

November 26, 2015

In the Borderlands

Advent is a borderland season, a Gateway between the warm, diffuse light of autumn harvests...

November 22, 2015

Fear and Foreboding – Advent 1

Darkness and deep shadows define the landscape of Advent, falling over the human spirit. This...

November 18, 2015

The Refugees’ Table

They came as indentured servants, short-term slaves. For eight years, all the Pilgrims produced would...

November 15, 2015

What Is Truth?

Friends and Readers: This week begins the appearance of my posts on Patheos, which Wikipedia...

November 09, 2015

Wars and Rumors of Wars

Friends and Readers: It’s a great joy to share the news that I am now...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

Spotlight on Pious Frauds

Spotlight, a film about the Herculean effort it took to get past the pious defenses...

October 26, 2015

Open Source

God is one. Love God with all your heart, mind, and soul, and love your...

October 18, 2015

Seeing in this World

At the main gate into Jericho, where the crowds gathered in expectation of the great...

October 11, 2015

The Fire This Time

A week ago, at the New Yorker (magazine) Festival, I went to a panel discussion...

October 03, 2015

Kim Davis and the Quest for Eternal Life

Once, according to Mark, a man ran up to Jesus in the road and begged:...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

Divorce

Those whom God hath joined together, let no one put asunder. The words are resonant....

September 22, 2015

Casting Out Demons

Pope Francis is coming. He’s using Cuba as his entry door. Cuba. For most of...

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