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May 2020

May 23, 2020

A Memorial Day Message for Christians: Patriotism is Good, but Nationalism is Not

Memorial Day is a day for solemn remembrance, a time that this year must also...

May 14, 2020

Jesus and Karl Marx Have a Beer (and find that they have a lot in common)

I viewed Martin Doblmeier's documentary about Dorothy Day, "Revolution of the Heart," a few days...

May 08, 2020

How to Speak About Gun Violence

The final unit in my General Ethics class that ended last week was Gun Violence....

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...

April 22, 2020

On Earth Day, I’m Wondering: Is Planet Earth a Loser?

My youngest son was born in 1981 and grew up as Americans began, for the...

March 2020

March 18, 2020

The Coronavirus, the Apocalypse, and the Book of Revelation

There is something appropriate about teaching a course named “Apocalypse” in the middle of world...

March 08, 2020

God Is Not Choosing the Next President–We Are

The regular season of Providence Friars basketball ended last Saturday; after a remarkable end of...

February 2020

February 26, 2020

What I Learned When I Visited Cuba

Cuba and Fidel Castro are in the news, as Bernie Sanders seeks to explain why...

February 15, 2020

The Prophet Isaiah Goes to the National Prayer Breakfast

I was the scheduled lector at the 8:00 service last Sunday, the first time I...

February 04, 2020

Profiles in Cowardice: Moving forward after the impeachment trial

Unless a miracle occurs, the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump will end today, with...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

Best of 2019 #1: I am a Liberal Because I am a Christian

Last April, I decided to write an essay exploring something that I have been saying...

January 28, 2020

When to Care, and When Not to Care

The only way I can get through the tedium of working out on an aerobic...

January 26, 2020

Staying Sane During the Impeachment Trial

The other day somebody wrote on Twitter that “President Trump is the best president in...

January 21, 2020

As the Impeachment Trial Begins, Don’t Forget to Think–Even When It’s Hard

Today, the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump begins in earnest. As we...

January 20, 2020

Some thoughts on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Are we better than this?

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I am reminded of a few days I...

January 09, 2020

The Best of 2019 #4: The Dangers of Tribal Christianity

Last May, I wrote about the often-made claim from evangelical Christians that they are the...

January 04, 2020

On the Art of Discussion: How to Avoid Being an Ass

In final preparation for the spring semester that will begin in ten days, I am...

January 03, 2020

Best of 2019 #5: Is Donald Trump the “Chosen One”?

On this third day of the New Year, I am grateful for many things--including the...

December 2019

December 18, 2019

Some Thoughts about Impeachment Day–from 400+ years ago

Next semester I will be teaching an honors colloquium on Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), one...

December 17, 2019

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph in Cages: Why Faith is Always Political

When Claremont (California) United Methodist Church unveiled its annual outdoor Nativity last week, it caused...

December 12, 2019

“It has been done in your name”: A Dickensian Tale of “Good Christians” Doing Harm

One of my teaching teammates this past semester in the interdisciplinary course I regularly participate...

December 05, 2019

How to tell the difference between elitism and knowing WTF you are talking about

I haven’t posted anything political here in a while; it’s Advent, and I’m trying to...

December 03, 2019

The Incarnation in a Post-Truth World

Almost three years ago, the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” as its 2016 word of the year,...

November 2019

November 29, 2019

Black Friday and the War on Christmas, or How to Celebrate Christmas Like a Real American

Today is Black Friday, the unfortunate beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Apparently in service...

November 15, 2019

Another School Shooting: Should Teachers Be Armed?

Next Monday, I will be starting the final unit of the semester with my General...

November 14, 2019

Political Jesus: No, it’s not an oxymoron

In a well-known and often-quoted passage from the Jewish scriptures, the prophet Micah asks a...

November 10, 2019

Christianity is not a brand or a demographic

In “Slander,” from her latest collection of essays, What Are We Doing Here?, Marilynne Robinson writes...

November 03, 2019

Noah and his Children: Bad News for White Evangelical Christians

“White evangelical Protestants (WEPs) are fully disrobed,” writes Michael Gerson, concluding that “the older generation...

October 2019

October 22, 2019

Living the Dream and Getting S**t Done

Your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. This, promises...

October 15, 2019

A Story from Syria: Listen to People Other than Yourself

As the expected chaos and violence in Turkey and Syria continue to develop in the...

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