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October 2019
October 13, 2019
Has Donald Trump Lost the Mandate of Heaven?
Evangelical Christian icon and fossil Pat Robertson lost it a few days ago. On his...
October 03, 2019
Possible Responses to the Current Insanity: “Whatever” and “Oh, Well”
Given my teaching schedule this semester, I begin each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday on the...
October 01, 2019
Are you a “Christian Capitalist” or a “Capitalist Christian”?
For those who claim to be persons of Christian faith and who also are largely...
September 2019
September 17, 2019
Why No One Has the Right to be “Comfortable”
An item popped up on my Facebook news feed a couple of days ago reporting...
September 13, 2019
Jesus and Karl Marx walk into a adult beverage establishment . . .
We should read the New Testament as saying that how we treat each other on...
September 10, 2019
Dear Trump Supporters: Believing Something Doesn’t Make It True
I have grown weary of trying to understand the unquestioning support that Donald Trump receives...
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...
September 05, 2019
Donald Trump, Pardons, and Forgiveness
Pardons are in the news, particularly Presidential pardons. Presidential pardons are nothing new, and most...
August 2019
August 21, 2019
Is Donald Trump “The Chosen One”?
So that just happened. In a wide-ranging “conversation” with reporters on the White House lawn...
August 13, 2019
Maybe It’s Time For A Revolution
There is a saying, particularly popular among conservatives, that “A conservative is a liberal who...
August 08, 2019
We are not better than this, and this is exactly who we are
In the aftermath of two more mass shootings last Saturday, I read a number of...
August 04, 2019
The National Cathedral Speaks Truth to Donald Trump
“Christians Tired of Being Misrepresented.” “I’m Not That Kind of Christian.” “The Christian Left.” These...
July 2019
July 30, 2019
Elijah Cummings and Donald Trump: Can Anything Good Come Out Of Baltimore?
Another Saturday morning, another vile stream of racist and/or misogynistic tweets from the President. This...
July 28, 2019
Robert Mueller, “Hamilton,” and Taking Our Country Back
As millions of other Americans, I awoke last Wednesday intending to binge watch the Mueller...
July 18, 2019
I am a white person. Does that make me a racist?
Last Monday, as everyone’s heads were exploding over Donald Trump’s racist tweets targeting four Congresswomen...
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 03, 2019
I think it’s time for us to get a little bit more uncompromising in our...
June 2019
June 29, 2019
It’s My Life, and I’ll Die When I Want To
If you got to choose the manner of your death, what would your choice be?...
June 16, 2019
Next to Lent, the part of the liturgical calendar that I have always found least...
June 03, 2019
When Christianity Becomes an Angry and Fearful Faith
At its best, faith is the overflow of gratitude, the attempt to live as if...
May 2019
May 25, 2019
A Question for Memorial Day Weekend: Is Democracy Overrated?
It is Memorial Day weekend, a great time to honor those who have made sacrifices...
May 14, 2019
Are Evangelical Christians Discriminated Against? The Dangers of Tribal Christianity
Last week, a Christianity Today article reported that "Half of Americans Say Evangelicals are Discriminated Against." www.christianitytoday.com
April 2019
April 27, 2019
Why Doubt Is My Favorite Virtue
The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty Anne Lamott In the lectionary, the Second...
April 06, 2019
I am a Liberal Because I am a Christian
Over the past several years, I have found myself in frequent conversations with conservative Christians,...
March 2019
March 19, 2019
God Said It. I Believe It. That Settles It.
Not long ago, I found myself involved behind the scenes in a squabble between the...
February 2019
February 26, 2019
Forgiveness with No Boundaries
As we drove home from a lovely two-day celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary several years...
February 21, 2019
A Year After Parkland: Do Guns in the Classroom Make Sense?
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February 17, 2019
I recently read the following observations: They weren’t such bad fellows. He had mixed with...
February 04, 2019
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