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May 21, 2025

Heaven’s Strict Immigration or Politics Posing as Theology

Bad theology makes bad politics, and bad politics makes worse theology. This truth is easy...

May 02, 2024

All Heaven Broke Loose

Yesterday, all heaven broke loose. Five years ago, it was all hell. The people who...

November 2023

November 04, 2023

The (Self) Righteous Victim

We are empathetic toward a victim of violence, persecution, or exclusion. This is a general...

November 02, 2023

The Spirit And The Land

A favorite essay of mine is Wendell Berry's The Gift of Good Land. It is not...

October 2023

October 04, 2023

Reaffiliation? Not So Fast

First, let me say I am not slamming the door on future reaffiliation. The people...

September 2023

September 07, 2023

Christians at Pride

A straight white male attended our local pride event. It was me. I am not...

August 2023

August 03, 2023

Christ in the Margins?

Do we picture Jesus as a person on the margins? Progressive Christians do see him...

July 2023

July 17, 2023

Woke Righteousness

As the meeting began, the chair solemnly opened with righteousness, "I think it is important...

July 03, 2023

What Do You Mean By Supreme?

The Supreme Court has spoken. And in doing so, proves the languishing of capitalism and...

June 2023

June 12, 2023

For The Healing of The Earth

Earth is more than the planet on which we live. It is the word we...

June 08, 2023

Awakened at The Inn

I was awakened by the innkeeper's servant. She was a young girl who had been...

June 01, 2023

The Sun Still Shines

I am happy to announce that my memoir The Sun Still Shines has been published....

May 2023

May 16, 2023

Designated Readers

Is it correct to call clergy the designated readers of the church? "My therapist tells...

May 11, 2023

Pastoral Liberation Theology

Theology is speculative without some sense of practice. Liberation theology is the most practical of...

May 04, 2023

Where The Bible Is Silent

It is a slogan we hear, "where the Bible is silent, we are silent." It...

May 01, 2023

Lonely Elijah

One can either be lonely or alone. Loneliness is a terrible feeling. We feel unloved,...

March 2023

March 27, 2023

Seminaries Are Not The Problem

Seminaries get blame for not training clergy appropriately. The blame comes from a certain segment...

March 16, 2023

The Call To The Wild

Hearing the divine call would affirm so much for us. People ask me when I...

February 2023

February 09, 2023

Divine Rage

Divine Rage? Yes. I am reading Valerie Kaur's memoir See No Stranger with a group of...

January 2023

January 23, 2023

A High View of Scripture?

The worst propaganda fundamentalists use is to claim "a high view of Scripture." In a...

January 09, 2023

Why Love Is Greater

Love is the greatest of the Theological virtues. 1 Corinthians 13 claim these three virtues...

December 2022

December 19, 2022

Bringing Them In?

Will we be bringing liberal secular people back to church? During a discussion I had...

November 2022

November 03, 2022

The Ridiculous Middle

There is the center. The point that is truly equidistant from the edges. Then there...

October 2022

October 20, 2022

Inclusiveness And Repentance

Did Jesus practice inclusiveness? Not too long ago, I saw a meme claiming Jesus ate...

October 11, 2022

Forgive Us Our Debts

Comparing sins to debts in Christian teaching and preaching is not as common as it...

September 2022

September 22, 2022

Liberation, Solidarity, And Ecology in the Capitalocene

Progressive Christians know there is not one liberation theology. United Methodist theologian Joerg Rieger has...

August 2022

August 01, 2022

Healing, Peace, and The Purpose of The Gospel

Healing and Peace are the great goals of the Gospel of Christ. They are the...

June 2022

June 30, 2022

A Death Cult

Fascism is a death cult. It does not matter what form or name it takes....

June 09, 2022

Keeping Cool While On Fire

Cool and warm are not often used the same way. Yet, a person may be...

June 02, 2022

Pentecost And Discipleship

Easter season ends with Pentecost. Often it is lost in the shuffle in church worship...