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March 2017

March 03, 2017

Enduring US Hate of Jews and Moslems

A deluge of anti-Semitic actions has occurred since the election. One report cited 124 incidents...

February 2017

February 25, 2017

The Temptations No One I Know Finds Tempting

This weekend, in a workshop on Islam, the leader illustrated the purpose of Islam’s five-times-a-day...

February 25, 2017

Arrival – An Easter Film

Truly I am not a sci-fi fan. I don’t read Asimov. I haven’t even seen...

February 24, 2017

In Praise of Freedom of the Press

This afternoon the Trump Administration’s Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, barred a number of news organizations...

February 19, 2017

Real Glory versus Public Foolery

There are so very many people who beseech us insistently to see them as more...

February 18, 2017

Black and Gay in Moonlight

This may be the Best Film of the year. Already, it is one of the...

February 17, 2017

Black Life, Seen and Unseen

In this amazing year, 2017, four films about black life in America are among the...

February 14, 2017

Revenge

The old law, Jesus calls it: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a...

February 10, 2017

Silenced – Misogyny in the US Senate

Here's something else Donald Trump has brought to DC town: blatant misogyny. It hasn’t been...

February 05, 2017

Public Swearing

Like a dust storm blowing across the prairies, swearing has entered the common parlance in...

February 04, 2017

Manchester by the Sea

You’ll understand if I tell you I live near this town. It’s not an hour...

January 2017

January 30, 2017

Salt and Light in the Beleaguered City

The salt of the earth. It used to be a fond and frequent phrase for...

January 22, 2017

Marching Women and the Long Journey

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen stood in front of the State Capitol in Concord, NH, in the...

January 15, 2017

The Man on Display for All to See – Martin Luther King

Nicodemus was flabbergasted that night, as he listened to Jesus talking to a crowd of...

January 09, 2017

Nicknaming

Jesus had a penchant for giving people nicknames. He called Peter, who was often anxious,...

January 01, 2017

The Devilish Waters of 2017

So this is the story, as the gospels tell it: the Child comes almost unnoticed...

December 2016

December 10, 2016

No More Emasculating Joseph

Why is it that we continue to cruelly twist Matthew’s and Luke’s stories of the...

December 04, 2016

Fake News

Did the Russians hack the DNC’s emails? If they did, was it to promote the...

December 03, 2016

The Pied Piper of Politics

Remember the Pied Piper? He lured children to their deaths, offering them delightful illusions that...

November 2016

November 27, 2016

Advent – Fight or Flight?

The Great Door of the Church Year swings open with the scraping noise of metal...

November 22, 2016

The Christ Child Is Coming and the Market Is God

So if you remember the day Kennedy was shot in Dallas, 54 years ago, you...

November 13, 2016

At the Brink of Times

There’s a dizzying, apocalyptic feeling in the air, in the wake of this election. And...

November 06, 2016

Women Rising in Desperate Times

The reading for this week is apocalyptic. Wars and insurrections, fighting and fear. Jesus does...

November 04, 2016

The Unlikeables

Here we are then. Battling in the polls over an election choice between the two...

October 2016

October 30, 2016

To say the least, it’s ironic that, on the Sunday before the US elections, after...

October 20, 2016

Offline While Traveling

Friends, The Bite in the Apple will not be publishing this week or next, as...

October 15, 2016

Look At Him. I Don’t Think So.

Donald Trump has been deflecting accusations of groping an sexual assault leveled at him by...

October 09, 2016

Prayer Warriors

My friend, Karen Baker Fletcher, wrote a comment about Donald Trump, asking if evangelicals who...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Mustardseed Faith

In a small book called Random Acts of Kindness by Animals, there is a story...

September 23, 2016

Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Out of sight, out of mind, says the old adage. I wonder if the corollary...

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