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March 2023

March 23, 2023

Redeeming the Time

“Redeem the time,” Paul says in his letter to the church at Philippi, “because the...

September 2022

September 10, 2022

Remembering 9/11 and Becoming a Better Person

Everyone beyond a certain age can remember clearly what they were doing twenty-one years ago...

November 2021

November 30, 2021

Advent and the Gift of Being Human

In Philosophical Fragments, 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard tells a lovely story about a powerful king...

March 2021

March 11, 2021

Jesus Didn’t Care About Family Values

I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

How is Your Optimism Doing These Days?

How is your optimism doing these days? I am an optimist by nature, not inclined...

April 2020

April 18, 2020

9/11, the Coronavirus, and Becoming a Better Person

Everyone beyond a certain age can remember clearly what they were doing eighteen-and-a-half years ago...

December 2019

December 01, 2019

Living in the Advent Zone

In Philosophical Fragments, 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard tells a lovely story about a powerful king...

September 2019

September 24, 2019

Living an Autumn Faith

Yesterday was the first day of autumn, which is good thing, because autumn is (by...

June 2019

June 18, 2019

If Norway Speaks, Donald Trump Will Listen—but probably not to this

Norway is in the news—last week President Trump mentioned Norway as an example of a...

December 2017

December 03, 2017

What Advent Teaches Us About Ourselves

In Philosophical Fragments, Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard tells a lovely story about a powerful king who...

October 2017

October 15, 2017

We Can Do Better Than Righteous Anger

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath. Ephesians 4:26 I confessed on this...

October 10, 2017

Knowing the Unknowable

Every fall I spend a week with over one hundred freshman exploring the familiar but...

September 2017

September 12, 2017

Soul and Body

This semester I have the privilege of teaching Philosophy of Knowledge, a favorite course that for...

June 2017

June 02, 2017

Radical Forgiveness

From the book of Acts, a story of a person who experienced radical forgiveness, then...

May 2017

May 22, 2017

Trump at Liberty University

There are many possible reasons why evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump in record numbers....

September 2016

September 16, 2016

The Fruit of the Blackberry

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

April 2016

April 20, 2016

Family Values?

I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...

February 2016

February 15, 2016

A Lenten Valentine

I don’t know whose idea it was for Valentine’s Day to fall on the first...

October 2015

October 10, 2015

All Creatures Great and Small

Tomorrow is "Blessing of the Animals" Sunday. Two years ago I had the privilege of giving...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

Wake Up!

I had the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to observe a colleague in class,...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

Family Values?

I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

Redeeming the Time

“That’s so sweet!” my student said, reading the item on my office door. “How old...

December 2013

December 07, 2013

Ubuntu

As we drove home from a lovely two-day celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary, Jeanne and...

March 2013

March 14, 2013

But Who Are You?

While on sabbatical five years ago, a fellow Institute scholar and friend died unexpectedly.  Conrad...

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