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2026-04-17T14:59:00-04:00

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Teachers with Guns

Last updated on: April 17, 2026 at 2:59 pm By Vance Morgan

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In my ethics class last Thursday we began our final unit of the semester: Gun violence. First up was an essay by Simone Gubler called “Philosophizing with Guns.” She wrote it while she was a doctoral student in philosophy at the University of Texas, reflecting on a Texas “campus carry” bill signed into law a few months earlier that specifies libraries, offices, and classrooms on campus as “concealed carry zones”-areas in which people with concelaled handgun licenses may carry their... Read more

2026-04-13T18:20:00-04:00

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God is Change

Last updated on: April 13, 2026 at 6:20 pm By Vance Morgan

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All that you touch, you Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change These lines begins are the opening lines in “Earthseed: The Books of the Living,” a collection of notebooks compiled by Lauren Olamina, the main character in Octavia Butler’s dystopian, frighteningly believable vision of the near future, Parable of the Sower. Lauren is a late teen who lives inside a gated community with her Baptist preacher father, family, and neighbors,... Read more

2026-04-11T11:44:00-04:00

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Thomas–My Doubting Hero

Last updated on: April 11, 2026 at 11:44 am By Vance Morgan

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The Second Sunday of Easter is always “Doubting Thomas Sunday,” an opportunity for me to return to and reflect on one of my favorite characters from the gospels.Thomas was the disciple who was absent when the risen Jesus appeared to his fellow disciples for the first time. Thomas refused to believe their story, famously saying that “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand... Read more

2026-04-05T17:40:26-04:00

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Now My Eyes Have Seen You: An Easter Reflection

Last updated on: April 5, 2026 at 5:40 pm By Vance Morgan

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Easter Sunday–the most triumphant day on the Christian liturgical calendar. According to New Testament scholar and theologian N. T. Wright, “The practical, theological, spiritual, ethical, pastoral, political, missionary, and hermeneutical implications of the mission and message of Jesus differ radically depending upon what one believes happened at Easter.” That very well may be true–and it’s a problem for me, since I’m not sure what I believe happened that day. I believe in resurrection. I believe in the beauty of the... Read more

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2026-04-09T19:41:31-04:00

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God is With Us–Even In the Darkness

Last updated on: April 9, 2026 at 7:41 pm By Vance Morgan

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During the college basketball season, we occasionally watch a replay of the Providence Friars’ most recent game (when we win) the next day. The moment to moment drama can be tense in replay, even when we know what the outcome will be. We never watch a loss the next day—why submit ourselves voluntarily to an experience that we know ends badly? Even the worst of times can be weathered and perhaps appreciated when one knows that things work out in... Read more

2026-03-31T06:22:38-04:00

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Making the Truth Laugh: An April Fools Day Reflection

Last updated on: March 31, 2026 at 6:22 am By Vance Morgan

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I know that today is Wednesday in Holy Week, but it is also April Fools Day. It’s the perfect occasion to ask an important question: Did Jesus ever laugh? One of the many enjoyable occurrences at the end of each semester is occasionally receiving thank-you notes from students. Often they come from quiet students who said little in class but eloquently mention a moment or a text from the semester that made a difference or that will stick with them.... Read more

2026-03-25T13:44:55-04:00

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A Palm Sunday Reflection: Blessed is He Who Comes

Last updated on: March 25, 2026 at 1:44 pm By Vance Morgan

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Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most dramatic days on the liturgical calendar. But there is one reported event attributed to Palm Sunday that makes an appearance in the liturgy every Sunday. And each time I say or sing this part of the liturgy, I remember a beloved colleague. Rodney Delasanta was one of best teachers and colleagues I ever had the privilege of knowing. Rodney was a true Renaissance man—a Chaucer scholar, family man, sports fan (especially the... Read more

2026-03-26T09:19:23-04:00

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White Privilege in the Classroom

Last updated on: March 26, 2026 at 9:19 am By Vance Morgan

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Today I am starting a unit on race issues in my ethics class. For the past several years, I have assigned a blog post from the height of the pandemic as the starting point for that unit, a post titled “I’m White, I’m Privileged, and I’m a Christian. Now what?” Here it is. During the past month, in the context of protests for racial justice and police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, I have come... Read more

2026-03-19T19:27:10-04:00

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Can These Bones Live?

Last updated on: March 19, 2026 at 7:27 pm By Vance Morgan

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Today is Lent 5–the gospel text is John 11, John’s account of the raising of Lazarus. I had the privilege of giving the sermon at St. Matthew’s Trinity Lutheran Church in Pawtucket, Rhode Island this morning. Here’s what I said. During my childhood, we did not go to movies—that was something, along with a bunch of other things, that good Baptists didn’t do. But we did watch television—except on Sundays. So my brother and I occasionally saw movies on television,... Read more

2026-03-17T16:49:50-04:00

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Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Big Deal

Last updated on: March 17, 2026 at 4:49 pm By Vance Morgan

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I spent last week on a wonderful trip to Sweden with my son. Today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Those two things go together. Trust me. Some time ago, I had a brief locker room conversation with a campus security guard who frequently tortured himself at the gym around the same time that I did. He noted how much he was dreading Saint Patrick’s Day the next day. “I’ll be here dealing with drunk students for twelve hours,” he predicted. “It’s... Read more

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