Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian

politics

Select a Category abortion Advent AI Angels Artificial intelligence atheism attention baptism Baptists beauty belief Benedictines Bible bicycling Big Bird books Bovina Camaldoli hermitage Canada Catholicism cats certainty change Christianity Christmas Collegeville Covid-19 creativity Development of Western Civilization dogs doubt Easter Enneagram Epiphany Episcopal ethics Eucharist evil extroverts Facebook faith family fear flowers forgiveness freedom friends God goodness grace happiness heaven hell history Holy Spirit Holy Week hope human nature humility humor idolatry incarnation introverts irreverence Islam Jeanne Jesus Joe Biden joy Judaism justice Kamala Harris knowledge Lent listen literature liturgy love Marsue Memorial Day miracles movies music mystery mythology NPR Old Testament optimism paradox peace Penguins philosophy piano podcast politics power prayer Protestantism Providence College Religion Rhode Island sabbatical sacrament science seeing silence Simone Weil Socrates soul sports St. John's College stories suffering tattoo teaching technology television theology thinking time tolerance transcendence travel trees trust truth Uncategorized Vermont wisdom wonder writing

Select a Month May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 August 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012

June 2018

June 07, 2018

I Pardon You

Pardons are in the news, particularly Presidential pardons. Presidential pardons are nothing new, and everyone...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

“America First” is a Theological Heresy

Memorial Day week is a time for solemn remembrance. It also tends to be a...

May 28, 2018

A Memorial Day Question: Is Democracy Overrated?

It is Memorial Day, a great day to honor those who have made sacrifices over...

May 27, 2018

Love and a Honda Accord Stationwagon

On a very sad morning almost ten years ago, my favorite vehicle ever was towed out...

May 24, 2018

Ruining the Christian Brand

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

May 20, 2018

Pentecost and Graduation Day

Today is my college's Commencement--it is also Pentecost Sunday. In keeping with my attraction to...

May 19, 2018

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...

May 17, 2018

Is Israel in the West? and other questions from the classroom

Swirling around the dedication of the new United States embassy in Jerusalem this week have...

May 03, 2018

One Nation, Under God?

I was invited earlier this week by an online publication that I write for occasionally...

May 01, 2018

Taking a Moral Holiday

So here we are, a year and a half since Donald Trump was elected President....

April 2018

April 26, 2018

White Privilege and the Gospels

In my General Ethics class, my students and I have just finished a three week...

April 19, 2018

A Liberal and a Christian Walk Into a Bar . . .

Not long ago, The Atlantic published an article by Emma Green entitled “Democrats Have a...

April 15, 2018

“Give Unto Caesar”: It’s an Expression of Love

A recent edition of The New Yorker had a timely cartoon on the back page....

March 2018

March 25, 2018

The Feather of Grace, or How To Keep Donald Trump and Evangelical Christians From Corrupting Your Faith

At its best, faith is the overflow of gratitude, the attempt to live as if...

March 20, 2018

What is it Like to be You?

During the last third of the semester in my General Ethics class this semester, we...

March 09, 2018

Do I (Still) Really Hate Donald Trump?

Last Sunday's gospel gives us John's version of Jesus "going Brooklyn" on the moneychangers in...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Why Teachers Should Not Be Armed

As a proposed step in our continuing struggle to address gun violence in schools, President...

February 24, 2018

What I Can Do About Gun Violence

The year anniversary of the horrific massacre at The Pulse in Orlando a week ago,...

February 18, 2018

So Much Good. So Much Evil. Just Add Water

So here we are again, seeking as a country to deal with the latest horrific...

February 11, 2018

Donald Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast

Last Thursday morning, the President tweeted the following: Will be heading over shortly to make...

February 08, 2018

Tolerance on Steroids

What happens when a perfectly good virtue gets turned into not only the most important virtue,...

February 04, 2018

Keeping Hope Alive

The theme of a philosophy conference that I attended a couple of years ago was...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

A S**thole Town Like Nazareth

My father was a Baptist minister who was a voracious and eclectic reader. Often his...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

He Has Put Down the Mighty . . .

Last Thursday was the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the liturgical day that commemorates King...

December 30, 2017

God Said It. I Believe It. That Settles It–Best of “Bearings Online” #4

I occasionally write articles for Bearings Online, the online publication of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical...

December 17, 2017

Despite the Best Efforts of Evangelical Christians, Roy Moore Lost

Last Monday I posted on Facebook that although I had deliberately stayed away from politics...

December 16, 2017

Faith in a Post-Truth World

I really didn’t say everything I said. Yogi Berra A bit over a year ago, the...

November 2017

November 26, 2017

God said it. I believe it. That settles it. (except that it doesn’t)

When trying to describe to predominantly Catholic students the religious world that I was born...

November 24, 2017

Why Thanksgiving is Always the Best Day of the Year

I have a Facebook acquaintance, a fellow graduate of St. John’s College, who posts five...

November 12, 2017

I’m a Christian, But I Won’t Be Saying “Merry Christmas”

A few days ago, reports that Roy Moore, Alabama Republican candidate for the United States...

Related posts from Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

The Lonely Pawn: On Faith, Doubt, and Meaning

Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

AI and Agency

Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

AI and Love: When a Chatbot Becomes a...

Freelance Christianity

Progressive Christian

AI and Transcendence

Freelance Christianity

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos