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Doing Good for the Sake of Goodness
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A Baby in a Manger and Dead Babies in the Streets
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Truth is Too Fragile to be Chanted on the Street
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I was on retreat when I wrote this, a fitting capstone to my sabbatical that...
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The Cost of Doing Evolutionary Business–God and Darwin have a conversation
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In our “Faith and Doubt” colloquium last spring, my Dominican priest colleague and I filled...
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Today is the third day of October, and that's a very good thing. I took...
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The “Let’s Totally Screw Things Up” Committee
I learned many things from my good friend Marsue, who was the rector of the...
August 2023
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The Big Sister I Always Wanted: Remembering Marsue three years later
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To celebrate “Freelance Christianity’s” 11th anniversary, here’s its #1 post from the past decade
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You Say You Want a Revolution?
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The New Testament reading in today's lectionary line-up is the stoning of Stephen from the...
April 2023
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Spending Time with my Favorite Disciple and my Favorite Philosopher
The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty Anne Lamott As is our custom,...
January 2023
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I have a recently retired good friend and colleague in the philosophy department who has...
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The Spirit of the Lord is Upon Me . . .
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November 2022
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So What are YOU Thankful For This Year?
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I was saddened to hear this morning of the death of Washington Post columnist Michael...
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The Lady Macbeth School of Leadership
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In my ethics class this week, we discussed an essay by Gary Gutting, who teaches...
October 2022
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Mapping Ghosts and Believing Things that Aren’t True
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Back in December 2020, about a month after the November 2020 presidential election, I posted...
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Left-brain Christianity or Right-brain Faith?
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Faith After the Wind Dies Down: A Pentecost Reflection
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