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June 2018

June 24, 2018

How Should Progressive Christians Feel about Sarah Sanders and the Red Hen?

Before I begin, I should come right out and admit that I don't know exactly...

April 2018

April 15, 2018

A Quiet Place

Not being much of a fan of the horror movie genre, it was a...

February 2018

February 16, 2018

Now, More than Ever, Your Spiritual Gift is Needed

Christians are called upon to be the hands and feet of Jesus. We each are...

February 04, 2018

Battling Rejection through Faith

Years ago, I got a new boss at the job I was working. It was...

January 2018

January 31, 2018

Worker Bees and the Politics of Poverty

We are a nation of worker bees. We have been so for a long, long...

January 28, 2018

Soul Blind

Modify the river’s course Make the waters work for you Cast your lots with loaded...

January 12, 2018

A Letter to Martin Luther King, from Trump’s America

Dear Martin, You don't know me. Our paths never crossed. I was a just a...

January 10, 2018

Thomas Jefferson, Perplexing Paradoxical Patriarch (or, Ain’t That America)

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is upon us and Black History Month is right...

January 10, 2018

Let Us Turn Our Thoughts Today to Martin Luther King

Last year at work, we took a survey to find out whether we had ingrained racial...

January 06, 2018

A Jewish Liberal Snowflake is Reflecting Christ’s Message Better than Most Christians

That is a the photo of Sarah Silverman from her Twitter profile. If you aren't...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

The Hypocrisy Gene

Nothing irritates a hypocrite more than hypocrisy. Perhaps Americans hate hypocrisy so much because it...

December 06, 2017

The Secret of Life (What the Dogs Have Taught Me)

A family sits huddled in a small room in the veterinary clinic. Mother is sniffling,...

December 01, 2017

Where is the Line Between Unity and Liberty?

Where is the Line Between Unity and Liberty? This question has been eating away at...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

The Myth of the Good Ol’ Days

There is a fundamental part of us that seems to yearn for something in our...

November 17, 2017

How Reggie Miller Taught Me to Empathize with Trump Supporters

Like most folks who lived in Indianapolis during the 1990s, I have a soft spot...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

Thanks for Nothing

A brilliant pink and purple sunset over a pristine island beach--a hardwood ridge on a...

October 25, 2017

The Tectonics of Rioting

For days, the city was a disaster area. When the news broke, the bubbling magma...

October 23, 2017

The Devaluing of Diversity

I've done a lot of driving around my Hoosier state the last few days. I've covered...

September 2017

September 21, 2017

“Black Lives Matter” Matters: If You Don’t Think So, You Are the Proof

If millions of people perceive a problem, there is likely a problem, whether you can...

August 2017

August 21, 2017

Symptoms Change, Flare Up and Recede, but the Disease Remains the Same

My wife and I had an argument last night. We don't talk often about politics...

August 17, 2017

Trump’s Confederate Monument Tweets are Just Alt Right Dog Whistles

President Trump has been busy on Twitter lately. He is suddenly passionate about preserving our...

August 16, 2017

Taking on the Sticky Topic of Removing Confederate Monuments.

The issue on the surface of the terrible events in Charlottesville, Virginia is nothing...

August 06, 2017

What If It Didn’t Matter?

"If a boy tells his parents he is attracted to another boy, he should be...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

Fundamentalist Evangelical Leaders Need to Learn from Billy Graham

The headlines lately have been pretty scary. North Korea--one of the few nations on earth...

July 28, 2017

Manifest Destiny-Doing the Unsavory Work of God

The image above is the most famous work of art depicting Manifest Destiny. The John...

July 26, 2017

The Liberty Bell Curve: It’s Time for Centrists to Act

It's been said that we live in a post-truth nation wherein emotion trumps logic and...

July 06, 2017

Steph Curry’s New Contract Reflects America’s Biggest Problem

Let me start off by assuring you that I am not a socialist--but let's talk....

June 2017

June 27, 2017

The Liberating Power in the Potential of Wrongness–Making Room for Empathy

A smart man might firmly believe he is right. A wise man understands that he...

June 25, 2017

The Not-So-Veiled Agenda to Push Christianity Into Public Schools

Public school teachers have seen it coming for many years. In my home state, Indiana,...

June 22, 2017

Islands of Blue

If you follow American politics at all, you are familiar with maps like the one...