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May 2019

May 11, 2019

A Mother’s Day Remembrance: Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed

I once learned something interesting about giraffes from one of my colleagues. He was lecturing...

April 2019

April 14, 2019

Blessed Is He Who Comes: A Palm Sunday Reflection

Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most dramatic days on the liturgical calendar. But...

April 12, 2019

Why Christianity is a Mundane Religion

“What’s the difference between chili con carne and chili con queso?” I ask my freshman...

April 10, 2019

Remembering What Matters Most

The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper. I cannot quite make...

March 2019

March 08, 2019

Lent is a Time for Loving Yourself

Last year, for the first time since 1945, Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fell on...

March 06, 2019

On My Birthday, Here Are Some Things That I Know Are True

Today is my birthday, so I ask for your indulgence. Our culture tends to assume...

February 2019

February 26, 2019

Forgiveness with No Boundaries

As we drove home from a lovely two-day celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary several years...

February 14, 2019

Grownup Love: A Post for Valentine’s Day

Not long ago, Jeanne and I had dinner with Beverley and Ed, two Long Island...

January 2019

January 10, 2019

Just Your Typical Family, or Jesus Gets Grounded

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

December 2018

December 24, 2018

Christus Natus Est

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

December 23, 2018

Mary with No Assumptions

I have a colleague and friend with whom I share a lot in common. Eric...

December 13, 2018

Did Jesus Ever Say “I’m Sorry”?

A popular Christian writer got herself in trouble not long ago by suggesting on Twitter...

December 09, 2018

Banging on the Door of Hope

We’ve all done this, we bang and bang on the door of hope, and don’t...

December 02, 2018

Advent and the Blessing of Being Human

Each Advent for the past eight years, I have had the privilege of giving a...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Trailing Clouds of Glory, We Come From God

As we approach the Advent and Christmas seasons, I am in a forward-looking and hopeful...

November 25, 2018

Does Christianity Solve the Problem of Evil? (spoiler alert: no, it doesn’t)

In the six-plus years that I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve occasionally been asked what...

November 13, 2018

A Foreign Widow, Seduction, and the Book of Ruth

One of my favorite features of liturgical worship is encountering familiar and favorite texts during...

November 02, 2018

Spreading the Good News of Atheism

Last week, my blog post about what atheists and persons of faith can agree on...

October 2018

October 16, 2018

Why Rich People Can’t Get Into the Kingdom of Heaven, and other inconvenient truths

Dear Dr. Morgan: I’m writing to let you know that I won’t be in class...

September 2018

September 02, 2018

Remembering John McCain: How to Move Past a Season of Cowardice

While the President of the United States tweeted his usual string of petty Saturday morning...

August 2018

August 21, 2018

Hail Frieda, Full of Grace

Six years ago today, after a great deal of resistance, I finally followed the advice...

August 14, 2018

Remember You are Dust

I've been thinking about ashes lately. I just finished reading Sara Miles's City of God, a...

July 2018

July 17, 2018

Expecting to Find Light

We are not simply made by God—we are made of God Julian of Norwich I...

July 13, 2018

What the Scots Think Of Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom is underway—something that makes me very happy that...

July 10, 2018

God’s Works Are as Good as We Make Them

God would have us know that we must live as people who manage our lives...

July 08, 2018

God is Just a Story (and so are we)

Although the name of this blog is “Freelance Christianity,” and it is published on Patheos’...

June 2018

June 08, 2018

The Little Red Haired Girl’s Birthday

Tomorrow is my wife Jeanne's birthday--join me in celebrating this wonderful event by reading my...

May 2018

May 27, 2018

Love and a Honda Accord Stationwagon

On a very sad morning almost ten years ago, my favorite vehicle ever was towed out...

May 18, 2018

A Prayer for Graduates on Commencement Weekend

May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships,...

May 13, 2018

Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed

I once learned something interesting about giraffes from one of my colleagues. He was lecturing...

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