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May 2017

May 05, 2017

Joy in a Minor Key

Richard Powers write that there’s joy in a minor key, a deep pleasure to be...

April 2017

April 24, 2017

There is no one but us

Sometime things happen that make me want to seriously consider atheism. A three-year old child...

April 22, 2017

One Heart and Soul

“What does the Lord require of us?" Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly with your...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Quiet Ignorance

Over the past several years, I have frequently returned to a question that a friend...

March 27, 2017

I Don’t Know

Let me tell you here first, “trust in God” has never floated my boat as...

March 22, 2017

Come In, and Come In

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

February 2017

February 22, 2017

A Crooked Faith

Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. Immanuel Kant...

January 2017

January 18, 2017

The Time of the Angels

Is there any true transcendence, or is this idea always a consoling dream projected by...

December 2016

December 26, 2016

Clouds of Glory

The great but incredibly difficult German philosopher Immanuel Kant, in a rare moment of clarity,...

December 16, 2016

I Will Bring You Home

Baptist preacher's kids get to do some very odd things. I memorized large portions of...

December 12, 2016

Constellations

I love the stars. Not as in “Dancing with . . .” or in Hollywood...

December 02, 2016

What Cuba Taught Me About My Faith

For many reasons, I have been interested in Cuba for the past dozen years or...

November 2016

November 25, 2016

Fixing and Healing

My doctor says that I am his most boring patient, because there is never anything...

November 07, 2016

Life After Tuesday

A Facebook friend, who has helped the traffic on this blog increase exponentially over the...

September 2016

September 19, 2016

Disturbing the Peace

Last Friday I attended a talk on campus by civil rights lawyer and and law...

September 16, 2016

The Fruit of the Blackberry

A few years ago, Jeanne returned from a weekend with a friend in Vermont with...

September 08, 2016

Embracing the Barbarian Invasion

Every year the world is invaded by millions of tiny barbarians. We call them “children.” ...

September 02, 2016

You Are Free, Therefore Choose

Each of us can point to a time (or several times) in our past when...

August 2016

August 14, 2016

Hail Frieda, Full of Grace

Four years ago this month, I finally followed the advice of several people whose opinions...

July 2016

July 25, 2016

Believing What I Think

Last week at the Republican National Convention, the Republicans nominated as their candidate for President...

June 2016

June 19, 2016

What I inherited from Mad Eagle

On this Father's Day, I'm remembering my Dad with whom I had a complicated relationship...

May 2016

May 11, 2016

To the Graduating Seniors

For those who read this blog regularly, it will come as no surprise that I...

April 2016

April 23, 2016

An Introspective Day

In our three years in Milwaukee, our first years together as a married couple trying...

April 13, 2016

Doubt and Dedication

Last Sunday was "Doubting Thomas Sunday." As I wrote some while ago, despite the bad...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

The Easter Mouse

A couple of years ago, just in time for the Christmas holiday season, a new book...

March 09, 2016

Accept the Anchor

Is it ever right to hold a grudge? Is resentment or unforgiveness ever justified? These...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Inquiring Minds

Not long ago I had the chance to read a novel by Ian McEwan that...

January 2016

January 20, 2016

Educating the Uneducated

This is the point in the semester where teachers start returning the first graded assignments...

December 2015

December 12, 2015

Our Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

On the day after the San Bernardino massacre, just the latest in what seems to...

November 2015

November 11, 2015

It’s a Mystery

The brand new installment in Elizabeth George's Lynley/Havers mystery series just arrived--Jeanne and I...

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