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December 31, 2024

Hope for the New Year

Iin his end-of-the-year op-ed in the Washington Post at the end of 2021 Michael Gerson...

December 29, 2024

First Sunday after Christmas: In the Beginning was the Word

The gospel reading in all three liturgical years for the First Sunday after Christmas is...

December 27, 2024

Will we ever fill the hungry with good things?

Tomorrow is the Feast of the Holy Innocents on the liturgical calendar, the day that...

December 24, 2024

Christus Natus Est: Merry Christmas

Christmas movies are a big deal at my house. Jeanne goes for the classics, such...

December 22, 2024

The Fourth Sunday of Advent: Mother Mary Comes To Me

Three years ago I had the privilege of giving the Advent 4 sermon at Trinity...

December 20, 2024

During this Christmas Season, Don’t be Stupid

In December of 1942, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a Christmas letter to a number of his...

December 17, 2024

My Advent Wish for You

For many reasons, Advent is my favorite liturgical season. The "Postlude" of my forthcoming book...

December 15, 2024

Why Faith Can’t Avoid Being Political

I've been steering away from politics here ever since last month's election and intend to...

December 13, 2024

How to be Hopeful

Herodotus is considered to be the first true historian in the contemporary sense of the...

December 10, 2024

He Is Like a Refiner’s Fire

The reading from the Jewish scriptures for last Sunday's Second Sunday of Advent was from...

December 08, 2024

Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant

I was saddened to hear a couple of days ago that Fr. Wilfred Thiesen died...

December 06, 2024

Conversations with God

I was raised by a father who claimed to have regular conversations with God. My...

December 03, 2024

Beauty for Ashes

On a beautiful, crystal clear June afternoon in 2002 I sat in an alpine meadow...

December 01, 2024

A Brief Introduction to Advent

Today is both the first Sunday of Advent and the first Sunday of the new...

November 2024

November 26, 2024

What Are You Thankful For?

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, for lots of different reasons. It is the least commercial...

November 24, 2024

A Beautiful Conversation About Grief

You may have noticed that I've been providing more links to view and listen to...

November 22, 2024

Ordinay Time is coming to an end . . .

First, some big news! I received the page proofs of A Year of Faith and...

November 19, 2024

The Interlocking Crises of Religion and Democracy

Readers of this blog know that a month ago, I spent two days with my...

November 17, 2024

Hannah’s Bold Faith Amid Patriarchal Blind Spots

The lectionary reading from the Jewish scriptures for today involves one of my favorite Bible...

November 15, 2024

Christianity and Power

So how are you doing ten days after the election? In the wee hours of...

November 12, 2024

Darkness, Silence, and Prayer

One Sunday some time ago as I was listening to our local NPR station in...

November 10, 2024

I’m Only One Person–What Can I Do?

The Proper 27 psalm and gospel readings for today are very appropriate for where we...

November 08, 2024

Something for a Day when I’ve Got Nothing

I know I'm not the only person who has been feeling like a zombie for...

November 05, 2024

Election Day: What’s the Worst that Could Happen?

Yesterday I posted what I wrote the day before the presidential election in 2016. Today...

November 04, 2024

Life After Tomorrow

As we approach the long anticipated and stress inducing Election Day tomorrow, I looked back...

November 03, 2024

How To Become a Saint

Last Friday was All Saints Day, which is usually celebrated on the first Sunday of...

October 2024

October 31, 2024

Getting Rid of Halloween Jesus

It's Halloween. Halloween gives me the opportunity to consider my long and checkered past with...

October 29, 2024

Broken Windows and Empty Hallways

Broken windows and empty hallways, a pale dead moon and a sky streaked with gray....

October 27, 2024

Now My Eye Sees You

The lectionary readings from the Jewish scriptures this month have walked us through the Book...

October 25, 2024

Is it Strange that I Love God?

One of the authors mentioned frequently by participants at Theology Beer Camp last weekend was...

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