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January 2017

January 21, 2017

Inauguration Day 2017

Some Conservative Christians hated President Obama so much, that after eight years they've completely divorced...

January 16, 2017

A Christian nation? No, thanks.

Scripture tells us that when the Israelites lost faith in the Lord, they demanded a...

January 15, 2017

Character as clear as black and white

The president-elect of the United States kicked-off the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend by...

January 12, 2017

Christians and abortion

This is really good. I tried to explain previously that Protestants didn't always oppose abortion...

January 05, 2017

Do not be afraid

As a year ends and another begins, I pause to reflect upon the year gone...

December 2016

December 17, 2016

Is Christ really in your heart?

December 16, 2016

Turning the other cheek at Christmas

December 05, 2016

Saint Nicholas’ Day

Last weekend at the Mall of America in Minnesota, Larry Jefferson donned his Santa apparel,...

November 2016

November 05, 2016

Where do some Christians draw the line?

Where do some Christians draw the line? Evidently at sexual assault. Making fun of handicapped...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

"We're here in the neighborhood talking with people about the Bible."

I answered the knock at my door to find a pair of elderly ladies clutching...

October 24, 2016

Q & A – Fundamentalist family fun

Q: Any ideas about how to convince half of the people I care about not...

October 08, 2016

A letter to a local church

I sent this e-mail to an area church this week. I've redacted the church's name...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

Losing our religion

A new study seeks to shed light on why people are leaving religion in the...

September 26, 2016

"When there is a conflict, Jesus is Lord"

September 03, 2016

Allegiance

Colin Kaepernick had a long week. The professional football player refused to stand during the...

July 2016

July 23, 2016

Tim Kaine – A good and faithful servant

While he was Governor of Virginia, I interacted with Tim Kaine on many occasions. Here...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Understanding Christians in Fowler's Stages of Faith

Ask a seven year-old what it’s like to be 70. Get angry when a 16...

June 09, 2016

All, all, are sleeping on the hill

When Muhammad Ali is laid to rest Friday, it will be in Cave Hill Cemetery,...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

The world is too much with us

When I shared this on Facebook recently, this was one of the comments: "There were...

April 2016

April 16, 2016

The Bible

The Bible is a collection of 66 (or 73) different books, some history, some poetry,...

April 03, 2016

“To make gentle the life of this world"

April 4 marks the 48th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. King...

April 02, 2016

Risen – a movie review

I strongly recommend the 2016 film Risen. According to distributor Sony Pictures, Risen "follows the...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

“Woman”

“Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene...

March 23, 2016

Marginalizing moderates

In many faith traditions, moderates are usually marginalized by the vocal extremists. Ted Cruz, "conservative...

March 20, 2016

We must take sides

A simple checklist to determine if you support Authoritarianism or Christianity. If you support a...

March 19, 2016

American Jesus

The United States has the second highest obesity rate in the world. Despite easy access...

February 2016

February 02, 2016

Where is God in your smile?

I happened to be thinking about Joel Osteen the other day, and here he is...

January 2016

January 28, 2016

Beware of false prophets

“For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and omens, to...

January 02, 2016

Too many Christians do Christmas wrong

If you're a Christian who thinks the Christmas season ended on Dec. 25, then you're...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Watch Night

I learned of Watch Nigh” at my historically black seminary (one of the many, many...