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April 2017

April 16, 2017

Our God is too Small

On Easter Sunday as I listen to the familiar hymns I’m contemplating one of the...

April 03, 2017

Privilege and the Loss of Personhood

I recently read a book review that got me thinking about privilege. As it happened I’d...

March 2017

March 18, 2017

Restoring Civilization: Whose Babies?

“‘Culture and demographics are our destiny” according to Representative Steve King. Well depending on what you...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

The Dis-Uniting of Methodist Christianity – When Dialogue Fails

Christian Churches, from local congregations to Annual Conferences (or Diocese or Presbyteries or Synods) to national...

February 05, 2017

America’s Forever Immigrants

It has often been said the the United States was founded on immigration. And that...

February 03, 2017

What is a White Supremacist?

Let's keep this fast: You don't have to be an Arian Nation airhead wrapped in...

February 02, 2017

Its Not a Muslim Ban – Its Worse

Atlanta airport, T-Gates. A radio talk show features a debate on President Trump’s executive...

January 2017

January 20, 2017

The Anti-Semitism in the Heart of Christianity

Anti-Judaism is as old as the United States of America. Indeed, it is really as old...

January 17, 2017

No Exit?

In a few hours i’ll fly out of Tel Aviv to return to the US....

January 16, 2017

What Makes a Sacred Space Real?

On Facebook I’ve been posting pictures of visits to various sites in Israel and the Palestinian...

January 14, 2017

When Inter-religious Dialogue Isn’t Enough

I’ve been in Israel and the Palestinian territories nearly 20 times in the last 20...

January 06, 2017

When God’s Story Becomes Boring

Among the many pills my doctor advises me to take each day one is a...

January 01, 2017

Death Comes to All Things

Live Large in the New Year! I usually try to understand fully the different forms...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

No Freedom Outside the Box

I have suggested that we need wide open public spaces if we are thrive as...

December 11, 2016

A Little Discomfort in Public Places

I have lived in many different cultural contexts around the world. And because I frankly...

December 10, 2016

Banning the Burqa: the New Exile

The core value of modern democracy is the liberation achieved by participation in public life....

December 01, 2016

Will the Real Islam Please Stand Up?

Yesterday a journalist called me. Billboards have appeared around Dallas with a message about Islam...

November 2016

November 28, 2016

The Moral Divide

The recent election should help clarify what is (or should be) immediately obvious in inter-religious...

November 18, 2016

You Can’t See When You Turn Your Back

In an earlier blog I suggested that in the United States there were two different religions...

November 11, 2016

How to Lose – Language and Exclusion

Every election is a negotiation. And the most dangerous thing for any candidate, whether he...

November 11, 2016

How to Lose an Election – Wealth as a Symbol

Every election is a negotiation, usually cross-cultural, between a candidate and the electorate. Succeeding in...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

We are Not Electing a Pastor and Chief

As Donald Trump’s behavior, verbal and otherwise has become increasingly outrageous his Christian supporters are...

October 17, 2016

Is God Great?

Sunday morning I heard something unsettling. We were invited to join in a vibrant chorus...

October 14, 2016

We Live in Different Worlds

A CNN interview has been posted to my Facebook page. Those posting it expressed shock...

September 2016

September 28, 2016

The Bible Reconsidered and a Divided Church

It may not seem controversial today, but I suspect that a single idea, heilsgeschichte, has...

September 20, 2016

The Assimilation Debate

Recently Facebook, bringer of many things, brought me two. The first was a quote from...

September 18, 2016

The Real Schism, It’s Not What you Think.

The United Methodist church appears to be following other major protestant denominations into the throes...

September 04, 2016

Depravity and Political Discourse

Among the many things that some Christians believe one is the doctrine of Total depravity....

July 2016

July 09, 2016

The Bright Heart of Dallas

In the last 48 hours the city of Dallas has reeled with grief. Grief felt...

July 04, 2016

You are Asking the Wrong Questions!?

More than once in the last week I've been told that when we talk about...

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