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August 2026

August 31, 2026

Table Talk: Jesus and a Modern Christian

Sat. Sept. 5, I'll debut Table Talk: Jesus and a Modern Christian at Wild Goose...

August 26, 2026

Faith, Hope, and Baseball: An Amish Choice

Faith, Hope, and Baseball: A Novel My novel, Faith, Hope, and Baseball, is the story...

August 11, 2026

Finding Faith at the Field of Dreams

Finding Faith at the Field of Dreams "If you build it, he will come,” a...

July 2026

July 16, 2026

Woody Guthrie’s Deportee

The headlines remind me of Woody Guthrie's Deportee. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have shot...

May 2026

May 04, 2026

Now is your chance to attend Wild Goose Festival

If you’ve never attended Wild Goose Festival, now is your chance. For years, people have...

February 2026

February 22, 2026

The Day I Met Jesse Jackson

I saw Jesse Jackson twice before the day I met him. On Dec. 29, 1984,...

January 2026

January 31, 2026

ICE is coming to my city

It appears ICE is coming to my city. The authoritarian Trump Administration is systematically invading...

January 14, 2026

“We don’t want their kind here.”

“We don’t want their kind here,” Indigenous people said when Spanish and English speakers invaded...

January 03, 2026

Twelfth Night, Epiphany and the end of the Christmas Season

Twelfth Night, Epiphany and the end of the Christmas Season Christmas Day, Dec. 25, is...

December 2025

December 29, 2025

Watch Night

Watch Night. Dec. 31, 1862 found enslaved Americans across the southern United States eagerly awaiting...

December 27, 2025

Was Jesus a Refugee? Of Course He Was.

Was Jesus a refugee? Of course he was. The only reason to deny the clear...

December 21, 2025

Absurdism Reaches New Heights When Bill & Ted Wait For Godot

Absurdism reaches new heights when Bill and Ted play air guitar in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting...

December 09, 2025

The Secret Symbol in A Charlie Brown Christmas

Have you noticed the secret symbol in A Charlie Brown Christmas, the beloved Christmas classic...

October 2025

October 31, 2025

Confirmation Bias Christians

Confirmation bias allows us to see only what we want to see, believe only what...

October 12, 2025

Danger on the Jericho Road: Who is my Neighbor?

There is danger on the Jericho Road. “Who is your neighbor?” Jesus asks. “Not the...

October 03, 2025

In a Violent World Remember Gandhi

In a violent world, filled with those who accept violence as the cost of living,...

September 2025

September 29, 2025

Repent! Does it Really Mean What We Think?

“Repent,” Jesus says in Matt. 4:17, “for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” But...

September 19, 2025

Republicans Have Found Their Reichstag Moment

With the murder of Conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk, Republicans have found their Reichstag Moment. On...

September 13, 2025

When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham”

When Alabama’s Birmingham was “Bombingham” Sept. 15, 1963 seemed like any other Birmingham Sunday morning...

September 11, 2025

Charlie Kirk Was a Racist Bigot

Let me make it plain: Charlie Kirk was a racist bigot. Too many people need...

August 2025

August 30, 2025

Good-night, Sweet Prince

"Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;  And flights of angels sing thee to...

August 20, 2025

How do we Survive the Republican Culture of Death?

Republicans controlling Washington are trying to kill us all. How do we survive the republican...

July 2025

July 30, 2025

Remembering Ryne Sandberg – Legends Never Die

“Heroes get remembered,” Babe Ruth told Scotty Smalls in the movie The Sandlot, “but legends...

May 2025

May 22, 2025

Notes from a sermon: Responding to the Current Culture

Notes from a sermon: Responding to the Current Culture In Matthew 25:40-46, Jesus says, “The...

May 16, 2025

What’s the Christian Response to the Current Culture?

For months, I've been grappling with what should be the Christian Response to the Current...

April 2025

April 16, 2025

Acting in Faith: Being Present in the Moment

I’m halfway through the performance schedule of Dial “M” for Murder at Hanover Tavern, one...

March 2025

March 16, 2025

3 lessons From the Early Celtic Church

Churches today can learn 3 lessons from the early Celtic Church. More than 1,500 years...

March 12, 2025

How do Christians respond to Donald Trump?

How do Christians respond to Donald Trump and his "Christian" supporters? Here are 6...

February 2025

February 27, 2025

I Quit My Church Because of Trump

I quit my church because of Donald Trump and stepped down from the pulpit. After...

February 07, 2025

Republicans aren’t Christian: They’re Christofascists

Republicans aren’t Christian: They're Christofascists. In a stark example of the extremism of so-call “Christian”...