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May 2026

May 24, 2026

The Lonely Pawn: On Faith, Doubt, and Meaning

A Doubting Faith Have you never felt like one of those pawns forgotten in a...

April 2026

April 12, 2026

Thomas–My Doubting Hero

The Second Sunday of Easter is always "Doubting Thomas Sunday," an opportunity for me to...

April 27, 2025

Did the Early Christians Practice Socialism?

Doubt is Next to Godliness Last Friday's post imagined a conversation between Karl Marx and...

July 2024

July 19, 2024

On its way to the publisher!

On Monday I will be sending the final manuscript of A Year of Faith and Philosophy:...

May 2024

May 19, 2024

The Holy Spirit’s Coming Out Party–A Pentecost Reflection

Two year ago I had the privilege of giving the Pentecost Sunday sermon at the...

April 2024

April 07, 2024

Thomas, Michel, and the Importance of Doubt

Jeanne and I spent Thursday through Saturday of Holy Week in a movie theater. We...

November 2022

November 12, 2022

“The Heart Has Its Reasons . . .”: My Evidence Against Atheism

Although I estimate that at least 80-90 percent of the negative comments and pushback I...

February 2022

February 16, 2022

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each...

November 2021

November 13, 2021

Do You Want to be Certain, or Do You Want to be Honest?

Uncertainty doesn't make a person less faithful; it just makes her more honest. Rachel Held Evans...

November 09, 2021

In Search of a More Nuanced and Interesting Faith

Fans of Rachel Held Evans' work are welcoming the publication of her final book, Wholehearted...

October 2021

October 24, 2021

“The Heart Has its Reasons . . .”: Why I am Not an Atheist

In my ethics classes, we are currently in the middle of a unit called "Does...

September 2021

September 16, 2021

Is Ignorance Just as Good as Knowledge?

A continuing theme of my various classes over the first three weeks of the semester...

August 2021

August 31, 2021

I’m Faith and He’s Doubt

One of my favorite things to do is plan a new course, especially when I’m...

February 2021

February 11, 2021

Stalking the Elusive God

One of the many things I enjoy about the teaching profession is creating new courses....

February 07, 2021

We are All Wind . . . and That’s a Good Thing

I am not a complainer by nature. My wife, my family, and my friends would...

November 2020

November 12, 2020

Dancing with the Stars

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

September 2020

September 01, 2020

How to Sound Knowledgeable About Things that You Know Nothing About

In 1980, famed science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote the following in an opinion piece for...

June 2020

June 16, 2020

Confronting the Sin of Certainty

If you think you understand it, it is not God. Soren Kierkegaard In Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

Why Certainty and Faith Don’t Belong Together

Human beings never behave so badly as when they believe they are protecting God. Barbara Brown...

September 2019

September 08, 2019

Reason Touched By Grace: Getting Faith and Intellect on the Same Page

A few days ago, Pete Buttigeig, mayor of South Bend and candidate for the Democratic...

November 2018

November 27, 2018

This is Why I am Not an Atheist

Despite my consistent self-description as a “person of faith,” I have been accused occasionally over...

August 2018

August 07, 2018

The Most Profoundly Religious Statement of All: “I Don’t Know”

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

November 2017

November 28, 2017

A Grownup Faith

If we’re grownups about faith, then why can’t we all get together and lament the...

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