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December 2017

December 25, 2017

Christmas Day

December 20, 2017

Virgin birth? What difference does it make?

As sure as Christmas means Santa and gingerbread, someone asks about the "virgin birth." Some...

December 15, 2017

Shamash — the helper

A seven-branched menorah symbolizes Jewish Temple tradition. The nine-branched Hanukkah menorah is lit during the...

December 12, 2017

Hanukkah

Kiel, Germany, December, 1931. Rachel Posner, the Rabbi's wife, took this photo in her living...

December 07, 2017

St. Nicholas might be a Klingon

December 05, 2017

As much as we'd like to see Nazis get punched in the face

As much as we'd like to see Nazis get punched in the face, It's...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Stress

Life is stressful. The news is stressful. All forms of social media are stressful. Finances,...

November 26, 2017

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, and a cat

During the week before Christmas last year, my Facebook page lit up like a Christmas...

November 25, 2017

What masks do you wear to hide your authentic self?

What makes us who we are? I'm not talking about the roles we fill --...

November 24, 2017

Who is thankful for you?

If that’s how they talk to each other in public, I thought, I can’t imagine...

November 22, 2017

Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

November 16, 2017

Celtic Christian Conversations

November 12, 2017

American patriarchy

Across the American landscape men are losing their jobs amid revelations of sexual misconduct, some...

November 06, 2017

Celtic Christianity

I had a great conversation recently with John Philip Newell. John Philip is one of...

November 04, 2017

Resolutions

In recognition of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and Martin Luther nailing his...

November 03, 2017

Reformation

When I was in seminary, I learned my theology was a product of the Protestant...

October 2017

October 28, 2017

Sometimes you will never know

October 24, 2017

The crisis in the U.S. church

"How can you be a Christian and support abortion?" "How can you be a Christian...

October 19, 2017

A great video of a pastor talking about LGBT rights

Here's a great video of a pastor talking about LGBT rights. Here's what the...

October 06, 2017

i thank You God for most this amazing

by E.E. Cummings i thank You God for most this amazing day: for the leaping...

October 02, 2017

Bapu

In a world growing more violent, filled with those who accept violence as the cost...

September 2017

September 20, 2017

The light of Christ is for all people

September 17, 2017

Finding God in the unexpected

From Upper Room Daily Reflections Finding God in the Unexpected I FIND GOD in the...

September 14, 2017

Jesus is on the side of the oppressed

Jesus is with the people on the fringe of the culture who demand to be...

September 07, 2017

Teachable moments

September 04, 2017

God bless everyone

August 2017

August 30, 2017

Eclipse

Did you see this Facebook profile frame for the eclipse? This was a sponsored ad...

August 16, 2017

Both sides

Both sides on the beaches of Normandy weren't equal. Both sides at Auschwitz were not...

August 14, 2017

A letter for our times

In the aftermath of the chaos in Charlottesville, too many moderates remain silent. Anti-American, anti-Semitic...

August 13, 2017

A line drawn in blood

A new line was drawn on the streets of Charlottesville, Va. A line as red...