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August 2019

August 13, 2019

Maybe It’s Time For A Revolution

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

August 06, 2019

Are We Tending Toward Justice?

I was reminded when I visited the MLK Memorial in Washington DC a couple of...

August 01, 2019

Facing the Greatest Fear of All

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

July 2019

July 18, 2019

I am a white person. Does that make me a racist?

Last Monday, as everyone’s heads were exploding over Donald Trump’s racist tweets targeting four Congresswomen...

July 16, 2019

The Bible is Not the Word of God. Unless . . .

Frequently, my conservative commenters suggest I will be immediately straightened out if I just “read...

July 10, 2019

What if the facts lead to a conclusion that you don’t like?

People are prone to apply the meaning of other people’s arguments to suit opinions that...

July 09, 2019

Lessons from the Past About the “Other”

It is clear that immigration and the southern U.S. border are going to be central...

July 05, 2019

A Thankless and Glorious Assignment: Enter if You are Brave Enough

In the early hours of a Sunday morning not long ago, I read the final...

July 02, 2019

Superhero Theology

I think that a lot of people stop taking their birthdays seriously after a certain...

June 2019

June 27, 2019

What Happens After You Die Isn’t That Important

A conversation involving a bunch of guys at a sports bar waiting for the big...

June 25, 2019

Getting Old Is God’s Worst Idea

I've been thinking a lot about end of life issues lately. Really. They seem to...

June 23, 2019

Do You Want To Be Free? Face Your Demons

The lectionary readings for today include two fascinating texts from Scripture: Elijah collapsed under a...

June 20, 2019

Faith By the Light of the Moon

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

June 18, 2019

If Norway Speaks, Donald Trump Will Listen—but probably not to this

Norway is in the news—last week President Trump mentioned Norway as an example of a...

June 13, 2019

What My Father Taught Me About Reading and Belief

One of the most important tasks that an author has to face when a book...

June 11, 2019

Your tree and your dog will get more “likes” than you do, and other things I have learned in seven years of blogging

This August will mark my seventh year of blogging, the last two and a half...

June 06, 2019

The Greatest Task of All is to Live

For the past several years my upper-division (juniors and seniors) classes have included an ongoing...

June 02, 2019

Passing the Baton: An Ascension Sunday Reflection

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

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Happiness is Overrated, but Learning to Live Well is Not

It is the happy life that asks more of us than we realize we have...

May 28, 2019

Say Something Profound

At the end of each academic year, I tend to reflect back on the past...

May 25, 2019

A Question for Memorial Day Weekend: Is Democracy Overrated?

It is Memorial Day weekend, a great time to honor those who have made sacrifices...

May 21, 2019

Rise, Kill, and Eat: A Story About Learning to See Things Differently

Iris Murdoch was one of the philosophers whose work was front and center in my...

May 17, 2019

Scottish Sheep are Waterproof, and other takeaways from Good Shepherd Sunday

One of my prized possessions, purchased when Jeanne and I on vacation last June in...

May 14, 2019

Are Evangelical Christians Discriminated Against? The Dangers of Tribal Christianity

Last week, a Christianity Today article reported that "Half of Americans Say Evangelicals are Discriminated Against." www.christianitytoday.com

May 09, 2019

I’ll Remember You

There is no greatness where there is no goodness, simplicity, or truth Leo Tolstoy Although Jeanne...

May 07, 2019

Why Did Jesus Like Little Children So Much?

One of the stories that was emphasized regularly in the Baptist Sunday school of my...

May 02, 2019

Does Everything Happen for a Reason? I don’t think so

During the last seminar of the semester in one of my classes this week, my...

April 2019

April 27, 2019

Why Doubt Is My Favorite Virtue

The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty Anne Lamott In the lectionary, the Second...

April 23, 2019

What Do We Hope For?

“Now abide faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.” These words...

April 21, 2019

Now I See You: An Easter Reflection

Easter Sunday--the most triumphant day on the Christian liturgical calendar. According to New Testament scholar...

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