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Jesus, Ascension Day, and the Olympics
It is a reminder of the world we have been living in for more than...
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Christians Should Pay Less Attention to Their Souls, and More Attention to Their Bodies
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Perfect Love Casts Out Fear–or so we’re told
After the mass shooting in a Colorado grocery store a few weeks ago, a woman...
April 2021
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A Good Friday Meditation: God is With Us
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An April Fools Day Question About Jesus: Did He Ever Laugh?
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I have a colleague and friend with whom I share a lot in common. Eric...
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Advent 101–Finding a Retreat Within Yourself
We seek retreats for ourselves in country places, on beaches and mountains . . ....
November 2020
November 28, 2020
The Message of Advent: Stay Awake!
I have the privilege of giving the sermon for the First Sunday of Advent, at...
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Christianity Does Not Solve the Problem of Evil
In the eight-plus years that I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve occasionally been asked what...
November 14, 2020
As is the case with many of the things in my life, my knowledge of...
November 12, 2020
I love the stars. Not as in “Dancing with . . .” or in Hollywood...
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People are prone to apply the meaning of other people’s arguments to suit opinions that...
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Being a Person Rather than a Saint
Today is “All Saints Day. I come from a hardcore Protestant world, a world in which...
October 2020
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Exorcising the Ghosts of Jesus Past
One Sunday, toward the end of a particularly lively and deep seminar with my “Living...
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On Earth, as it is in Heaven: Why Faith is Always Political
Last Sunday, it was my turn to be lector at church. The reading from the...
August 2020
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Speaking the Truth in a Culture of Lies
Just short of a year ago, I spent a Saturday morning listening to a lecture...
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Facing Coronavirus “What Ifs?”
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“Now abide faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.” These words...
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God Is Doing the Best that God Can Do
Frank Tupper, an important Baptist theologian who argued that God is in control of very...
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What Really Happened that Day at the Jordan River?
The season of Epiphany, squeezed in between the Christmas season and Lent, is the annual...
December 2019
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A Family on the Run, and Dead Babies in the Streets
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A couple of years ago, I was asked to take on a temporary administrative position...
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Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in Cages: Why Faith is Always Political
When Claremont (California) United Methodist Church unveiled its annual outdoor Nativity last week, it caused...
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Advent is the liturgical season that is most meaningful to me. I first encountered the...
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December 01, 2019
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November 2019
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