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February 05, 2026

What Does the Lord Require of You?

Over the past months, I have become more and more familiar with how Lutherans do...

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August 31, 2025

A Labor Day Reflection on Jesus and Capitalism

There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...

May 2025

May 25, 2025

Is Our Experiment in Democracy Failing?

Memorial Day is a time to honor those who have made sacrifices over the years,...

April 2025

April 22, 2025

Non-Catholic Thoughts about Pope Francis I

I was, as were billions of other people, saddened to hear the news of Pope...

February 2025

February 18, 2025

Are You Tired of Being Angry Yet?

Do not letthe sun go down on your wrath. Ephesians 4:26 Although I have been...

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 20, 2025

The God of History is an Atheist: Thoughts on MLK Jr. Day

It is an ironic quirk of the calendar that January 20th--the consitutionally designated date for...

December 2024

December 27, 2024

Will we ever fill the hungry with good things?

Tomorrow is the Feast of the Holy Innocents on the liturgical calendar, the day that...

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...

September 2024

September 17, 2024

Jesus and a Four-Letter Word

Next week will be one of my favorite teaching weeks of the semester as I...

September 01, 2024

A Labor Day Question: What Does the Lord Require of Us?

There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...

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July 26, 2024

A Young Woman Confronts Her Inherent Racism

It's been a crazy week, hasn't it? I have deliberately avoided going political on this...

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June 06, 2024

Speaking the Truth in a Culture of Lies

As I continue to put my new book, A Year of Faith and Philosophy: Exploring Spiritual...

April 2024

April 14, 2024

Designing God

Voltaire once wrote that if God did not exist, we would have to invent him....

March 2024

March 21, 2024

Growing Tomatoes on Death Row

In my various courses this semester we have spent a good deal of time developing...

February 2024

February 20, 2024

The Difference Between Pardoning and Forgiveness

On this day after Presidents Day I'm thinking about a specific power that presidents uniquely...

February 08, 2024

Doing Good for the Sake of Goodness

Last Monday's text in my sophomore Honors seminar, a course that spans literature, history, theology...

January 2024

January 18, 2024

Real Wives of the Ancient Middle East

Last Sunday's lectionary reading from the Hebrew Scriptures is the story of God's call of...

December 2023

December 08, 2023

No Perception is Immaculate

I have taught philosophy in Catholic higher education for more that thirty years as a...

August 2023

August 08, 2023

Dreamers Who Get Things Done

Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. This, promises...

August 05, 2023

When What I Want to Believe Isn’t True: Reflections on the latest indictment of Donald Trump

What do you do when virtually all of the evidence relevant to an important matter...

July 2023

July 23, 2023

You Say You Want a Revolution?

There is a saying, particularly popular among conservatives, that “A conservative is a liberal who...

July 05, 2023

Is There Life Before Death?

A few years ago I had the opportunity to hear one of my heroes give...

July 03, 2023

Sitting in Safety Without Fear–an Independence Day Reflection

Every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig-tree, and there shall...

June 2023

June 15, 2023

Twenty Years Ago, I Spent Father’s Day in Cuba

Twenty years ago I spent Father's Day in Cuba, part of a trip that changed...

June 04, 2023

Good Times with the Trinity

It’s Trinity Sunday. Don’t worry, I’m not going to try to explain that very strange...

April 2023

April 17, 2023

Drops Upon the Heart

In the interdisciplinary program I teach in and used to direct, the first semester faculty...

March 2023

March 28, 2023

Trouble With the Language Police

I was in church for the first time in a month or so recently and...

March 21, 2023

When Stupidity Runs Amok . . .

In December of 1942, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a Christmas letter to a number of his...

February 2023

February 12, 2023

What Are We Fighting For?

During my sabbatical semester over a decade ago at an ecumenial institute on the campus...

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