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November 2020

November 10, 2020

Hope: The Thing with Feathers

During his first speech as the new President-elect last Saturday evening, Joe Biden quoted lines...

November 05, 2020

What to Do When an Argument Leads to a Conclusion that You Don’t Like

People are prone to apply the meaning of other people’s arguments to suit opinions that...

October 2020

October 18, 2020

When God Gives Us the Bird

I get myself in trouble on this blog occasionally, often deliberately. I know that most...

October 14, 2020

Will We Be Able to Move Past Polarization?

During the past week, I have observed two people get into trouble on Facebook for...

October 01, 2020

Take a Deep Breath

Jeanne and I did not watch the presidential "debate" on Tuesday evening, choosing instead to...

September 2020

September 17, 2020

The Dangers of Cognitive Immorality

An item popped up on my Facebook news feed not long ago reporting that Harper...

August 2020

August 25, 2020

O God, Come to My Assistance

Classes begin at my college next Monday, and the stress levels among the faculty (and...

August 23, 2020

The Connection between Faith and Politics? It’s a Secret

Today's reading from Matthew's gospel is both famous and infamous. Jesus asks his disciples "Who...

August 21, 2020

The Big Sister I Always Wanted: Remembering Marsue

Every once in a while, our lives are blessed with a person who uniquely and...

August 19, 2020

When the Bible is Not the Word of God

This month marks the eighth anniversary of this blog. It started on Wordpress as an...

August 13, 2020

Leaving Jesusland . . . for good

I make no secret, on this blog or in person, of my love for Canada....

July 2020

July 28, 2020

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

By now, most everyone is aware of how proud Donald Trump is of passing a...

July 12, 2020

The Christian Faith in One Sentence

This morning I have the privilege of giving the sermon at Trinity Episcopal Church in...

July 07, 2020

Congratulations, President Trump: You Got Your Wall

Two summers ago, Jeanne and I took our first honest-to-God vacation in our thirty-plus years...

March 2020

March 08, 2020

God Is Not Choosing the Next President–We Are

The regular season of Providence Friars basketball ended last Saturday; after a remarkable end of...

March 07, 2020

The time, it is a-changin’

For many of us, Daylight Saving Time begins tomorrow at 2:00 am. That's "spring forward,"...

January 2020

January 04, 2020

On the Art of Discussion: How to Avoid Being an Ass

In final preparation for the spring semester that will begin in ten days, I am...

December 2019

December 26, 2019

Dammit, It’s the Incarnation!

Last year around this time, I posted an essay that turned out to be more...

November 2019

November 17, 2019

White Privilege and Jesus

In my General Ethics class, my students and I have just finished a three week...

November 15, 2019

Another School Shooting: Should Teachers Be Armed?

Next Monday, I will be starting the final unit of the semester with my General...

November 04, 2019

Surviving the Time Change, and other first world problems . . .

I’m going out on a limb here—way out. I like time changes. This year Daylight...

October 2019

October 05, 2019

Spiritual Lessons Learned from an Obese Cat: A reflection for “Blessing of the Animals” Sunday

I was reminded yesterday that exactly eight years ago, one of my favorite pictures of...

September 2019

September 03, 2019

What Lies About God Do You Believe?

In Lies We Believe Abut God, Wm. Paul Young (author of The Shack) tells the story of...

September 01, 2019

Jesus and the Compassionate Capitalist: A Reflection for Labor Day

There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...

July 2019

July 13, 2019

You mean THOSE people are my neighbors???

Not long ago, Jeanne and I saw “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”, the documentary about...

July 10, 2019

What if the facts lead to a conclusion that you don’t like?

People are prone to apply the meaning of other people’s arguments to suit opinions that...

June 2019

June 11, 2019

Your tree and your dog will get more “likes” than you do, and other things I have learned in seven years of blogging

This August will mark my seventh year of blogging, the last two and a half...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

Getting Jesus Out of the Tomb (and keeping him out)

During his Easter Sunday homily, my friend Mitch—the rector of the Episcopal church I attend—told...

April 06, 2019

I am a Liberal Because I am a Christian

Over the past several years, I have found myself in frequent conversations with conservative Christians,...

March 2019

March 21, 2019

The GOATs of the Western Tradition

The beautiful Ruane Center for the Humanities on our campus opened in the Fall of 2013,...

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