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September 2017

September 27, 2017

Naming Our Demons

My youngest son was a vet tech for a number of years and had many...

September 17, 2017

Mary and Martha Go on Sabbatical

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

September 08, 2017

When the Well Runs Dry

Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 In...

September 06, 2017

We Are Not Alone

In last Sunday's gospel reading, Jesus tells us that those who wish to follow him...

August 2017

August 29, 2017

They’re Baaack . . . .

We are in the business of believing in, and promoting, things that don’t yet exist....

August 20, 2017

What if . . . we stopped asking “What If”?

There are few pastimes more popular than playing “What If?” It’s a favorite theme, for...

August 13, 2017

It Isn’t Working

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

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...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Facts, Words, and the Word

The depths of divine love cannot be exhausted by words, by speech, by texts, by...

June 23, 2017

Spiritual Plagiarism

God often operates according to entirely different rules than those to which we are accustomed....

June 16, 2017

The Theology of Wonder Woman

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

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...

May 2017

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 12, 2017

My Imaginary Friend

There are billions of human beings who shape their whole reality and might even stake...

May 03, 2017

A Compassionate Capitalist

A former President once campaigned on the promise of compassionate capitalism. One of the oddest...

May 01, 2017

Call Me When You Grow Up

From the pages of an ancient text comes a tale about not holding on to...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Wolf Hall

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

April 15, 2017

Mortals Die, and are Laid Low

On Holy Saturday, it is good to remember our mortality. "Mortals die, and are laid...

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 03, 2017

The Lazarus Cycle

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

March 2017

March 22, 2017

Come In, and Come In

Once many years ago, a couple I was close friends with was having marital problems....

March 10, 2017

The Problem of Goodness

During the early years of my career I developed the habit of teaching at least...

March 10, 2017

The Problem of Goodness

During the early years of my career I developed the habit of teaching at least...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Saying What Cannot Be Said

I recently led a discussion group focused, among other things, on the inadequacy of traditional religious...

February 01, 2017

Playing with Fire

Somewhere I heard or read that one of the top television programs in Finland (or...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Playing the Nazi Card

We ought not to hide from ourselves that Nazi Germany is a mirror for all...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

What’s Next?

As a Christmas present to each other, Jeanne and I purchased our first HD television...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

Who Is Their God?

I recklessly thought that if something could save this election, it would be the faithfulness of...

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