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July 2019

July 09, 2019

Lessons from the Past About the “Other”

It is clear that immigration and the southern U.S. border are going to be central...

July 05, 2019

A Thankless and Glorious Assignment: Enter if You are Brave Enough

In the early hours of a Sunday morning not long ago, I read the final...

July 02, 2019

Superhero Theology

I think that a lot of people stop taking their birthdays seriously after a certain...

June 2019

June 25, 2019

Getting Old Is God’s Worst Idea

I've been thinking a lot about end of life issues lately. Really. They seem to...

June 20, 2019

Faith By the Light of the Moon

Broken windows and empty hallways, a pale dead moon and a sky streaked with gray....

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...

June 16, 2019

The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit walk into a bar: Some thoughts about Trinity Sunday and Ordinary Time

Next to Lent, the part of the liturgical calendar that I have always found least...

June 09, 2019

For Jeanne’s Birthday: You’re my guardian angel who keeps out the cold

Last week Jeanne and I went with a friend to see the Elton John biopic...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

Happiness is Overrated, but Learning to Live Well is Not

It is the happy life that asks more of us than we realize we have...

May 17, 2019

Scottish Sheep are Waterproof, and other takeaways from Good Shepherd Sunday

One of my prized possessions, purchased when Jeanne and I on vacation last June in...

May 11, 2019

A Mother’s Day Remembrance: Her Children Rise Up and Call Her Blessed

I once learned something interesting about giraffes from one of my colleagues. He was lecturing...

May 09, 2019

I’ll Remember You

There is no greatness where there is no goodness, simplicity, or truth Leo Tolstoy Although Jeanne...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

Come Holy Goose

According to the reading from John’s gospel at church a couple of days ago, one...

April 23, 2019

What Do We Hope For?

“Now abide faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.” These words...

April 16, 2019

Is the Time of Religion Over?

What is bothering me incessantly is the question of what Christianity really is, or indeed...

April 10, 2019

Remembering What Matters Most

The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper. I cannot quite make...

April 05, 2019

From Living Stones to Spiritual Houses

The Bible is filled with rocks. The patriarchs pile rocks up every time they want...

April 01, 2019

Jesus and April Fools’ Day

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

March 2019

March 30, 2019

Sports Fanaticism as Spiritual Practice

Last Saturday, Jeanne was out of town for work, and I had a choice to...

March 27, 2019

What Goes Down . . . Must Come Back Up

Today's Psalm invited us to go to the mountain of the Lord–which reminded me of...

March 10, 2019

Lifting the Fog from Faith

What we call doubt is often simply dullness of mind and spirit, not the absence...

March 06, 2019

On My Birthday, Here Are Some Things That I Know Are True

Today is my birthday, so I ask for your indulgence. Our culture tends to assume...

March 03, 2019

Our Wishes Are Not God’s Primary Concern

Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. Isaiah 12 In his...

February 2019

February 24, 2019

Does Christianity Call for Perfection or Slight Improvement?

I have the privilege of giving the homily this morning at Trinity Episcopal Church in...

February 19, 2019

God’s Works are as Good as We Make Them

The gospel reading for last Sunday was Luke's abbreviated version of the Beatitudes. It is a...

February 14, 2019

Grownup Love: A Post for Valentine’s Day

Not long ago, Jeanne and I had dinner with Beverley and Ed, two Long Island...

February 12, 2019

The Most Important Lesson from the Sermon on the Mount: Don’t be a Jerk

In his lovely little book Wishful Thinking, Frederick Buechner suggests that what we often dismiss as...

February 10, 2019

What Can We Do Now That There Is No God?

Several weeks into the new year, I am for the first time getting to teach...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

“You are the Man”: Speaking Truth to Power

Not long ago, my wife Jeanne decided to audit a graduate theology course on campus...

January 26, 2019

When it Comes to Prayer, Stop Talking and Start Relating

One of the most fascinating and troubling verses in the Jewish scriptures is from the...

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