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August 2017

August 17, 2017

Two Reasons to be Hopeful (even with Donald Trump as President)

There are reasons to be hopeful--even on those days that Nazis, white supremacists, racists, and...

August 13, 2017

It Isn’t Working

April may be the cruelest month, if T. S. Eliot is correct, but for teachers,...

August 06, 2017

Entertaining Angels

Angels show up in all shapes and sizes, in all sorts of situations and scenarios....

August 01, 2017

Am I an Impostor? Do I Have Any Real Significance?

As everyone else I know, I often suffer from impostor's syndrome and feelings of insignificance....

July 2017

July 27, 2017

When It’s Over

'When it’s over, I don’t want to wonder/If I have made of my life something...

July 23, 2017

Be Ye Therefore Slightly Improved

Jesus said 'Be ye therefore perfect." Wouldn't it have been more sensible for him to...

July 09, 2017

The Burden of LIght

In today's gospel, Jesus says that his yoke is easy and his burden is light....

July 07, 2017

An Exploding Heart

Last fall I had the opportunity to give the sermon on stewardship Sunday at my...

July 05, 2017

What Progressives Can Learn From A Professional Wrestler

Donald Trump reminded us last weekend of his history with professional wrestling. Well, Mister President,...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

Let Us Cultivate our Garden

What is one to do when what one professes to believe has become, as Macbeth...

June 21, 2017

To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance

Two microbreweries, an historic synagogue, and powerful words from George Washington. Not bad for a...

June 16, 2017

The Theology of Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman believes that the conflict between good and evil is a zero sum game,...

June 09, 2017

The Little Red-Haired Girl

It is my blog custom on my wife Jeanne's birthday to post a reflection on...

June 06, 2017

Why Donald Trump Needs a Prophet

A familiar story from the Jewish scriptures tells us what Donald Trump really needs. And...

June 03, 2017

The Confusion of Babel and the Clarity of Pentecost

The voices of spirituality, religion, secularism, materialism, power, and greed often are speaking languages so...

June 02, 2017

Radical Forgiveness

From the book of Acts, a story of a person who experienced radical forgiveness, then...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

When a Coincidence is more than a Coincidence

Frederick Buechner suggests that coincidences may be more than chance occurrences. They may be trying...

May 29, 2017

Is Democracy Overrated?

In an early season of "House of Cards," Frank Underwood observes that "democracy is so...

May 24, 2017

All Dogs Go To Heaven

Do dogs go to heaven? Some people turn this into a convoluted theological debate--Do dogs...

May 17, 2017

Fast and Slow

My college's commencement is this coming Sunday; Pentecost is two weeks after that. How might...

May 13, 2017

Everybody Must Get Stoned

One of the readings from this Sunday's lectionary is the story of the stoning of...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Wolf Hall

Christian Wiman writes that "every single expression of faith is provisional . . . because...

April 16, 2017

We Had Hoped

The Apostle Paul wrote that "now abide faith, hope, and love . . ." Easter...

April 14, 2017

Actually, He Died

"Total disaster." "Not good." "Sad." We're becoming used to these phrases. But they reach a...

April 11, 2017

Flowering Trees

At the beginning of the first Holy Week, Jesus killed a fig tree for no...

April 09, 2017

To Die For

What is bothering me incessantly is the question of what Christianity really is, or indeed...

April 07, 2017

Your Heart’s Desire

I received the welcome news this past week that my forthcoming book, which has been...

April 03, 2017

The Lazarus Cycle

In the liturgical year, the last Sunday of Lent focuses on Jesus' signature miracle--the raising...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

I Think It’s Going To Rain Today

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

March 20, 2017

What Silence Sounds Like

Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk to you again. “The Sound of...

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