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August 2021

August 19, 2021

The Hypocrisy of Philosophers

I admit it--I am not always kind or politically correct on social media (especially Twitter)....

August 03, 2021

The Divine Plan for Delegating Authority: Just About Anything Goes

I recently had the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with the new Provost at...

July 2021

July 22, 2021

A Philosopher Who Happens to Be a Christian

Who gets to call themselves "Christian"? A few months ago on this blog, I suggested...

July 20, 2021

Dear Evangelical Christians: You’re Ruining the Brand

In “Slander,” from her latest collection of essays, What Are We Doing Here?, Marilynne Robinson writes...

July 16, 2021

How to Defund the Police

I don't often post an essay on this blog that has no discernable connection to...

July 14, 2021

The Tongue of a Teacher

One of the many positive things that happened to me during the months of pandemic...

July 12, 2021

A Portly Angel with a Boston Accent

Some have entertained angels unawares Hebrews 11:2 I’ve never known what to make of angels. I...

July 10, 2021

Getting Real: A Conversation Between Jesus and John the Baptist

In a recent episode of “The Chosen,” a multi-year cinematic treatment of the life of...

June 2021

June 29, 2021

How to Take Our Country Back

As Independence Day approaches, there are many reasons to be hopeful. Things are continuing to...

June 19, 2021

A Father’s Day Reflection: What My Dad Taught Me about Reading and Belief

One of the most important things an author has to write when a book is...

June 12, 2021

God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It? Not so much.

One of the books I gave Jeanne for her birthday this past week is As a...

June 10, 2021

What Do You Do When the Well Runs Dry?

Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 In...

May 2021

May 26, 2021

How To Be a Person

Not long ago, I read Hilary Mantel’s long-awaited The Mirror and the Light, the final...

May 20, 2021

Why Graduation Day and Pentecost Belong Together

Today is commencement on my campus. There were no commencement exercises last year--that there will...

May 18, 2021

Twelve Years Ago, My Life Changed–here’s why

Exactly twelve years ago today, I headed home from a four-month sabbatical as a Resident...

May 15, 2021

Do You Want to be Healed?

My wife Jeanne and I have been enjoying “The Chosen,” a multi-year cinematic life of...

May 09, 2021

A Mothers Day Reflection: Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed

I once learned something interesting about giraffes from one of my colleagues. He was lecturing...

April 2021

April 20, 2021

What Kind of Person Do You Want to Be?

I’ve been reminded recently, in a number of random ways, of just how quickly time...

April 18, 2021

Surely, I have Set My Soul in Silence and in Peace

It has been thirteen months since our lives changed in ways that we will never...

April 13, 2021

The Tools of Lifetime Learning

My father, an itinerant Baptist minister, once told me about a plaque on the preacher’s...

April 07, 2021

A Doubting Disciple and a Bunch of Communists

In my “Markets and Morals” colloquium in the good old pre-pandemic days a couple of...

April 03, 2021

An Easter Warning: Jesus Isn’t Walking Through That Door

God is not an insurance agent. H. G. Wells During Rick Pitino’s tenure as the...

March 2021

March 20, 2021

Dr. Seuss, Cancel Culture, and Why Each of Us Matters

Dr. Seuss has been in the news lately, as the Seuss estate chose earlier this...

March 18, 2021

Our Great and Glorious Masterpiece

Over the years, a typical scenario has unfolded when I meet someone for the first...

March 14, 2021

Returning to the Basics

Today's lectionary texts take us back to the basics. Sports fans old enough to remember...

March 11, 2021

Jesus Didn’t Care About Family Values

I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...

March 07, 2021

Ah Yes, I Remember It Well . . . or do I?

My youngest son, Justin, has a remarkable memory–for, as he puts it, “totally useless facts.”...

March 06, 2021

Today’s my Birthday–and it’s a big one!

I’ve lived almost two-thirds of a century now, so I have passed many of the...

February 2021

February 23, 2021

It’s Been a Year of Wonders

One of the pleasant surprises of the new semester, now four weeks old, is that...

February 09, 2021

“So We Could Blend In”: A U.S. Congressman Learns About White Privilege

Today is the first day of the impeachment trial of former President Donald J. Trump...

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