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July 2017

July 20, 2017

The Summer of ’17: Jacob’s Ladder and Esau’s Tragedy

Every year, without fail, we sang the chorus Jacob’s Ladder at church camp. Sung by...

March 2017

March 04, 2017

The Detritus of Dreams

I saw this photograph today from Parsons School of Design in a New York Times...

February 2016

February 13, 2016

Is Christian Higher Education Dead? The Debate Continues

So Daniel Kirk has set the terms of the discussion in the wrong way. He...

February 10, 2016

What’s for Lent?

Would someone want to join me here, in my interior, in my soul, and cozy...

June 2015

June 01, 2015

Pope Francis on How to Prepare a Sermon

The pope and I agree. He's in very good company! (Okay, I'll admit, it goes...

February 2015

February 08, 2015

The Holy Spirit: so much left to learn!

If you, like me, feel you’ve still got much more to learn—much more to experience,...

September 2014

September 04, 2014

Ebola, Faith, and Friends of Ours

Yesterday, Anderson Cooper interviewed Nancy Writebol and her husband. Nancy is an American ebola survivor...

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Stop giving! We have more than enough!

For now, today, to get a sense of this scene, imagine walking into synagogue on...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

Bullies, Baseball, and an Open Door

They’re still teenagers, still prone to gruffness and grumpiness—but for several hours a week, they...

May 2013

May 09, 2013

Welcome, Black and Blue Saints

I’m writing for the survivors, scarred (scared, too) people who keep swimming, the relentlessly faithful,...