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June 25, 2025

The Most Important and Influential Literary Character

Some time ago I read the first few pages of Greg Epstein’s Good without God....

June 22, 2025

As the Deer Longs for Streams of Water

Today's lectionary readings contain two of my favorites, both from the Jewish scriptures. The story...

June 19, 2025

There Is No One But Us

As I continue to work through my next book project that has been on the...

June 17, 2025

Which Sport Does the World’s Most Interesting Man Prefer?

My brother and I stay in contact most regularly on Facebook, where he had the...

June 15, 2025

How to be Good

I'm re-working a full draft of my next book project--Nice Work If You Can Get...

June 12, 2025

Is God a Helicopter Parent?

When you've been together with someone for thirty-seven years, being creative for that person's birthday...

June 08, 2025

Pentecost: Big Bird is In the House

The Day of Pentecost, next to Christmas and Easter, is undoubtedly the biggest single day...

June 03, 2025

The Terrain of the Sacred

In her spiritual memoir Still, Lauren Winner tells the story of a conversation between poet...

May 2025

May 22, 2025

Wanting to Be Healed

In a perfect world, I would never give a written final exam in any class...

May 13, 2025

Why Faith Needs Doubt: A Lesson from Exams and a Pope

Oral Exams and Conclaves Last week was final exam week--I administered 32 written exams and...

May 11, 2025

We Are Waterproof: Finding Faith in the Life of Sheep

An Ovine Faith One of my prized possessions, purchased when Jeanne and I were on...

April 2025

April 29, 2025

Being a Philosopher and a Christian

There may be no need to reconcile all one’s beliefs with all one’s other beliefs—no...

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...

April 20, 2025

Easter–Now It Begins

Easter is the celebration of the promise of hope, the promise of new life, that...

April 13, 2025

Palm Sunday and the Tongue of a Teacher

Today is Palm Sunday, the first day of Holy Week. This year Holy Week is...

April 11, 2025

The Bible and Penguins

In my American Philosophy class, a class that I am enjoying greatly because I have...

April 01, 2025

April Fools Day and Irreverence

IT’S APRIL FOOLS DAY–A PERFECT TIME FOR SOME IRREVERENCE! One of my continuing reading delights...

March 2025

March 30, 2025

What Frieda the Dog Taught Me About Personhood

Be a Person Masterpiece Theater recently began a several week production of The Mirror and...

March 28, 2025

A Return to the Problem of Evil–Part Two

After a week off from classes for spring break, I jumped back into the problem...

March 16, 2025

Lent: Walking on the Downslope of God

I've made a big deal over the dozen-plus years of this blog's existence of why...

March 14, 2025

A Return to the Problem of Evil–Part One

This week is Spring Break at my college--a week I am using to catch up...

February 2025

February 28, 2025

Longing to be Whole: A Transfiguration Sunday Reflection

This coming Sunday is Transfiguration Sunday, the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning...

February 25, 2025

What is the Best Proof for the Existence of God?

Man is in his actions and practices, as well as in his fictions, essentially a...

February 23, 2025

What Happens When We Pray?

In her spiritual memoir Still, Lauren Winner begins a brief chapter on prayer by noting...

February 11, 2025

Seeing the Soul: Love, Beauty, and the Mystery of Connection

Beautiful Souls Because I'm a romantic at heart, I'll be posting two Valentine's Day-themed posts...

February 04, 2025

WTF Would Jesus Do?

This year Christians are marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea--at least those...

February 02, 2025

The Greek Philosopher You’ve Never Heard Of

I haven't had a chance to teach the ancient greats in philosophy in several semesters,...

January 2025

January 28, 2025

Wearing the Gospel on your Sleeve

Rev. Dan Anderson, the pastor of the Lutheran church Jeanne attends and that I am...

January 26, 2025

You are Not Alone

The pastor of the Lutheran church Jeanne attends sends out a scripture verse or passage...

January 24, 2025

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

This coming Sunday is Epiphany 3; the appointed readings include two of my favorite passages...

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