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May 18, 2025

Great Advice for Graduates: God’s Will, and Flipping a Coin

Dear Graduates... Today is graduation day at Providence College, where I just finished my thirty-first...

May 15, 2025

The President and the Cult of Ignorance

It was about five years ago, in the height of the pandemic during the closing...

May 11, 2025

We Are Waterproof: Finding Faith in the Life of Sheep

An Ovine Faith One of my prized possessions, purchased when Jeanne and I were on...

April 2025

April 01, 2025

April Fools Day and Irreverence

IT’S APRIL FOOLS DAY–A PERFECT TIME FOR SOME IRREVERENCE! One of my continuing reading delights...

March 2025

March 30, 2025

What Frieda the Dog Taught Me About Personhood

Be a Person Masterpiece Theater recently began a several week production of The Mirror and...

March 18, 2025

Goodness in the Midst of Evil

Regular readers of this blog know that Jeanne and I are incurable readers of mystery...

March 14, 2025

A Return to the Problem of Evil–Part One

This week is Spring Break at my college--a week I am using to catch up...

March 11, 2025

What Does “Conversion” Mean?

Conversion is an odd phenomenon. I've often observed that those who convert, who ''tum around"...

March 09, 2025

A Lenten Time Change–How are you doing?

For many of us, Daylight Saving Time began this morning at 2:00 am. This year's...

February 2025

February 21, 2025

Joseph, Peter, and Radical Forgiveness

The reading from the Jewish scriptures for this coming Sunday is from Genesis 45 when...

February 11, 2025

Seeing the Soul: Love, Beauty, and the Mystery of Connection

Beautiful Souls Because I'm a romantic at heart, I'll be posting two Valentine's Day-themed posts...

February 04, 2025

WTF Would Jesus Do?

This year Christians are marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea--at least those...

February 02, 2025

The Greek Philosopher You’ve Never Heard Of

I haven't had a chance to teach the ancient greats in philosophy in several semesters,...

January 2025

January 28, 2025

Wearing the Gospel on your Sleeve

Rev. Dan Anderson, the pastor of the Lutheran church Jeanne attends and that I am...

January 22, 2025

Julian of Norwich’s Parable of the Lord and the Servant

Several weeks ago, I posted that because of a number of seemingly random coincidences, I...

January 19, 2025

Jesus Makes an Adult Beverage

My relationship with adult beverages began when I was in high school. Of course, 95%...

January 14, 2025

Now it Begins (Again)

In last few minutes of Franco Zefferelli's Jesus of Nazareth, Zerah pokes his head into the...

January 07, 2025

My Word for 2025

Anne Lamott tells the story of an older woman who, along with other active geriatric...

December 2024

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 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 03, 2024

Beauty for Ashes

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

November 2024

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 15, 2024

Christianity and Power

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

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...

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 27, 2024

Now My Eye Sees You

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

October 22, 2024

A Report from Theology Beer Camp

This past weekend I was at a conference in Denver called "Theology Beer Camp." If...

October 15, 2024

Living an Autumn Life

Autumn is my favorite season, and October is my favorite month. This is not surprising...

October 13, 2024

Hard Sayings and Inconvenient Truths

I will be receiving the copyedited version of my book A Year of Faith and Philosophy...

October 06, 2024

Teach Us to Sit Still

In one month the most consequential Presidential election of our lifetimes will take place. People...

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