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October 05, 2021
Over the years I have developed dozens of strategies for getting students to participate in...
October 03, 2021
God is a story, and so are we.
The best argument in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that...
October 01, 2021
What is the best month, and why is it October?
Today is the first day of October, and that's a very good thing. Autumn is...
September 2021
September 28, 2021
Moral Certainty Is Both Overrated and Dangerous
Do moral absolutes exist? Is human engagement with moral principles more like a treasure hunt,...
September 26, 2021
Sometimes, it just doesn’t matter
One day, Jeanne said “I want a fish.” This was a rather random request, but...
September 12, 2021
The Stories We Tell and the Lies We Believe
As always, this past summer was a season of eclectic reading. I am team-teaching a...
September 07, 2021
We all know that when life hands you a lemon that you should make lemonade....
September 04, 2021
Jesus and Capitalism: A Labor Day Reflection
There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...
August 2021
August 28, 2021
Why Am I a Liberal? Because I Am a Christian
The continuing theme of this blog for the past nine years has been an exploration...
August 26, 2021
In last few minutes of Franco Zefferelli's Jesus of Nazareth, Zerah pokes his head into the...
August 24, 2021
Remembering Winnie: What Our Pets Teach Us About What’s Important
Our dachshund Winnie died a week ago. She spent a bit over twelve years with...
August 03, 2021
The Divine Plan for Delegating Authority: Just About Anything Goes
I recently had the opportunity to have a face-to-face conversation with the new Provost at...
July 2021
July 31, 2021
Is Christianity a Way of Life or a System of Belief?
August is this blog's anniversary month! It's hard to believe that it has been nine...
July 27, 2021
After getting sucked into an discussion on Twitter a few days ago in which it...
July 24, 2021
The summer Sunday gospel readings annually are full of Jesus' greatest hits--this year is no...
July 18, 2021
I have the privilege of giving the sermone at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pawtuxet, RI...
July 10, 2021
Getting Real: A Conversation Between Jesus and John the Baptist
In a recent episode of “The Chosen,” a multi-year cinematic treatment of the life of...
July 06, 2021
What an Ancient Greek Puzzle Can Teach Us About the Life of Faith
After several years at sea rescuing besieged towns from monsters, slaying the Minotaur, and doing...
June 2021
June 29, 2021
As Independence Day approaches, there are many reasons to be hopeful. Things are continuing to...
June 24, 2021
A Modest Proposal: Should My Time Be For Sale?
My next book project is a memoir about the teaching life. I started gathering materials...
June 19, 2021
A Father’s Day Reflection: What My Dad Taught Me about Reading and Belief
One of the most important things an author has to write when a book is...
June 15, 2021
What the Author Meant Does Not Matter
At the beginning of a seminar on the books of Exodus and Job from the...
June 12, 2021
God Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It? Not so much.
One of the books I gave Jeanne for her birthday this past week is As a...
June 10, 2021
What Do You Do When the Well Runs Dry?
Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 In...
June 07, 2021
Everything Does Not Happen for a Reason
The last text of the semester in my “Apocalypse” colloquium was Emily St. John Mandel’s...
June 06, 2021
As the world begins to open up after fifteen months of pandemic restrictions, as things...
June 02, 2021
God is Change, so Get Used to Different
All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting...
May 2021
May 31, 2021
A Memorial Day Question: Is Our Experiment in Democracy Failing?
Memorial Day is a great time to honor those who have made sacrifices over the...
May 25, 2021
Do You Believe In the Human Heart?
The central theme of my ethics class this past semester was human dignity. Through short...
May 23, 2021
From Babel to Pentecost–We’ve Come Full Circle
Jeanne and I once watched a documentary called “Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action,” created,...
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