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Speaking the Truth in a Culture of Lies
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Creating a Sabbath Culture (why everyone should have sabbaticals)
Fall semester classes started last Monday. And I'm on sabbatical, not returning to the classroom...
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July 05, 2023
A few years ago I had the opportunity to hear one of my heroes give...
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January 24, 2023
This coming Sunday's gospel reading is the Beatitudes from Matthew, the opening lines from the...
July 2022
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I have the privilege of giving the sermon today at Trinity Episcopal Church in Pawtuxet,...
July 14, 2022
Some Things Repair Themselves, and Some Things Do Not
My recently concluded crappy month of June ended with a minor fender-bender, the result of...
May 2022
May 24, 2022
Save Your Thoughts and Prayers. Do Something
Here we are again. Mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvaldi in the past few days,...
February 2022
February 13, 2022
Today's gospel reading is Luke's abbreviated version of the Beatitudes. It is a scene so...
April 2021
April 07, 2021
A Doubting Disciple and a Bunch of Communists
In my “Markets and Morals” colloquium in the good old pre-pandemic days a couple of...
March 2021
March 23, 2021
Enough Already with the “Thoughts and Prayers.” They aren’t working.
So here we are again. Mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder in the last week,...
December 2020
December 12, 2020
Beauty for Ashes: Accepting the Call of Advent
Two weeks ago, I gave the First Sunday of Advent sermon at Trinity Episcopal Church...
August 2020
August 27, 2020
Speaking the Truth in a Culture of Lies
Just short of a year ago, I spent a Saturday morning listening to a lecture...
September 2019
September 22, 2019
Are You Jesus? A Prophetic Challenge from Joan Chittister
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a talk given by one of my heroes....
February 2019
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...
October 2018
October 23, 2018
Assisting the Absent God: Helping to Repair a Broken World
Every once in a while someone posts a comment on my blog that reminds me...
May 2018
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We Need to Stop Saying “Our Thoughts and Prayers are With You.” It Doesn’t Help.
So here we are again. Another school shooting, immediately followed by another avalanche of "our...
December 2017
December 19, 2017
When a Prophet Speaks, People Listen (or at least they should)
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Our Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough
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April 22, 2017
“What does the Lord require of us?" Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly with your...
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January 23, 2017
Jeanne and I are great lovers of movies. As I have described in this blog...
November 2016
November 11, 2016
The gospel reading for last Sunday was the Beatitudes from Matthew's gospel. It seems appropriate...
May 2016
May 11, 2016
For those who read this blog regularly, it will come as no surprise that I...
December 2015
December 12, 2015
Our Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough
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August 2015
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Sabbatical Report–The Early Returns
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June 24, 2015
There are More Things In Heaven and Earth . . .
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