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May 2022

May 28, 2022

Passing the Baton: An Ascension Sunday Reflection

A disturbingly common mishap in recent Summer Olympic games has been the failure of U.S....

May 26, 2022

Swallowing the Mystery

In her wonderful memoir Take This Bread, Sara Miles tells us of a conversation she had...

May 14, 2022

A Story About Learning to See Things Differently

In a comment on last Thursday’s blog post—“God is Not a Vending Machine”—a Facebook friend...

May 08, 2022

It’s Okay to Be a Sheep

One of my prized possessions, purchased when Jeanne and I were on vacation during Summer...

May 03, 2022

The Gospel According to Compost

Alas, and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sovereign die? Would He devote that...

April 2022

April 24, 2022

A Human Being Having a Divine Experience

Two decades ago, as my mother-in-law was steadily descending into the hell of Alzheimer’s, an...

April 17, 2022

I Will Awaken the Dawn: Some Thoughts for Easter

Our seven-month old corgi Bovina, one of the greatest joys of Jeanne’s and my life,...

April 15, 2022

Actually, He Died: A Good Friday Meditation

Several Christmas Eves ago, Jeanne, Justin and I were invited to share dinner with a...

April 14, 2022

Falling Asleep in All the Wrong Places: A Maundy Thursday Reflection

Some people can sleep anywhere. One of those people was a student in one of...

April 12, 2022

Jewish Holy Man Kills Innocent Fig Tree In a Fit of Temper

A bit over a decade ago, I spent spent the early months of the year...

April 09, 2022

I’ll Be Jesus: A Palm Sunday Reflection

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

April 02, 2022

Martha or Mary? Type A or Type not-A?

The stereotype of the Type A personality has become an entrenched part of cultural lore....

March 2022

March 31, 2022

Jesus on April Fools Day

I know it's the middle of Lent, but tomorrow is April Fools Day. It's the...

March 12, 2022

Is a Ukrainian Life Worth Higher Gas Prices?

A regular reader of my blog asked the other day whether I might want to...

March 07, 2022

A Stranger (Protestant) in a Strange Land (Catholic)

Last Wednesday the student in front of me in line at the little on campus...

March 06, 2022

It’s My 66th Birthday, and I’m Still Here. Deal with it.

Early last week a friend emailed me the following comment in response to my latest...

March 03, 2022

What if Jesus Turned the Stones into Bread?

The Gospel reading in this coming Sunday’s lectionary for the first Sunday of Lent is...

February 2022

February 27, 2022

Stop, Look, and Listen: A Transfiguration Sunday Reflection

Today is Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent....

February 22, 2022

Faith and Insecurity

Have you never felt like one of those pawns forgotten in a corner of the...

February 20, 2022

Faithful Failures–A Presidents’ Day Reflection

It's Presidents’ Day weekend, which for college professors means--as do all Monday holidays in the...

February 17, 2022

Everything Changes, Including Us. Get Used To It.

All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting...

February 08, 2022

Playing With Fire: Be Careful What You Say “Yes” To

Somewhere not long ago I heard or read that one of the top television programs...

January 2022

January 27, 2022

Raised on Original Sin

It hardly seems possible that I am now in the tenth calendar year of writing...

January 24, 2022

Why Jesus was Obsessed with Outsiders

The first text in the new “Faith and Doubt” colloquium that I am team-teaching this...

January 15, 2022

Jesus and Adult Beverages

Miracles come in all shapes and sizes, both unmistakable and inexplicable. Anne Lamott writes that...

January 12, 2022

Throwing Away the Image of God

At the beginning of a recent episode of “Consider This,” NPR’s daily afternoon news podcast,...

January 06, 2022

The REAL Reason Why January 6th is Important

One year ago, a mob of insurrectionists stormed and temporarily occupied the U.S. Capitol building...

January 02, 2022

In the Beginning was the Word

In the beginning was the Word . . . and the Word was made flesh,...

December 2021

December 26, 2021

Jesus Goes to the Temple, and then gets grounded

Each week for many years, Garrison Keillor told “Prairie Home Companion” listeners the news from...

December 23, 2021

Merry Christmas: Christus Natus Est

Christmas movies are a big deal at my house. Jeanne goes for the classics, such...

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