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September 2014

September 15, 2014

Social Darwinism, Richard Dawkins and Down syndrome

People often wrongly connect Darwin’s doctrine of the survival of the biological fittest, including reproduction,...

September 12, 2014

Gated Communities and the Visible/Invisible Church

I struggle with those gated communities and that form of gated community thinking where people...

September 10, 2014

What’s Wrong with Justice? Addressing Some Christian and Buddhist Concerns

I remember someone claiming there is too much talk of justice in Evangelical circles these...

September 09, 2014

Can’t Pimp Jesus

Pimping involves the objectification and abuse of human bodies for profit. Pimping is an atrocious...

September 05, 2014

Who Is to Blame for the “Jihad Generation”?

Someone recently told me that “Diplomacy always fails; military confrontation alone is able to solve...

September 01, 2014

Your Ultimate Concern Is Your God

Theology is the study of that which concerns each of us ultimately and its bearing...

August 2014

August 31, 2014

Sunday Morning Reflections on “Mu” and the Resurrection at Ganshoin

As I prepare for church this morning, I think back to two recent trips to...

August 26, 2014

The Blood of the Martyrs & the Seed of the Church, Love and Tolerance

Last week, I visited Nikko, Japan, one of Japan’s greatest historical and memorial sites. Nikko...

August 20, 2014

Thoughts on Diversity in Japan and the United States

The other day I was talking with an American of diverse ethnicity in Japan. We...

August 18, 2014

What Makes Someone a Person and not a Thing?

What makes someone a person and not a thing? Can such differentiation even occur? Do...

August 14, 2014

Imagine a World without Forgiveness

Recently, during a conversation over dinner in Japan, a Buddhist scholar told me that he...

August 11, 2014

The Holy of Holies

Members of my family and I recently visited the central shrines of Shintoism in Ise...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

The Rabbit Hole Revisited

In a previous post, I wrote about Jesus going down the rabbit hole. He goes...

July 28, 2014

Cosmic Mystery and Purpose

One of the values of the Japanese people I prize most is their sense of...

July 23, 2014

Uncommon Common People

We all know the politicians and philosophers and powerful warriors shape a society. So, too,...

July 21, 2014

How Sorry Are We?

Last night, I arrived in Japan with members of my immediate family. My wife, who...

July 12, 2014

Jesus and the Rabbit Hole

“In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world...

July 07, 2014

Morality and Profit

Central to Confucianism is the conflict involving morality and profit. In The Analects, Confucius states,...

July 02, 2014

The Gentrified Church—Paved with Good Intentions?

Perhaps you have studied gentrification. For those who are not aware of the term, it...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Share Jesus’ Prayer

Listen to this sermon. John 17 gives us an up close and personal disclosure of...

June 23, 2014

Crash

Crash is one of my favorite movies. It addresses the themes of objectification and fragmentation...

June 22, 2014

HIV/AIDS and the Health of Our Souls

People have diseases, but they are not diseases. How we respond to those with diseases...

June 16, 2014

Did Lincoln Die in Vain?

A 2011 TIME Magazine article, “The Civil War, 150 Years Later,” claims that we’re still fighting...

June 15, 2014

“Good Will Hunting” & Hunting for Fathers

A friend once said to me that he was drawn to Jesus, but did not...

June 09, 2014

Whose Side Is God On?

All too often, religious folk like me tend to think God is on our side....

June 07, 2014

Religious Freedoms and the Golden Rule

By Paul Louis Metzger and John W. Morehead* Introduction Over the course of recent...

June 02, 2014

How Can the Church Guard against a Fortress Mentality?

How can the church guard against a fortress mentality that closes the door to the...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

The Crucified God Confronts Gendercide

In The Cross and Gendercide: A Theological Response to Global Violence Against Women and Girls...

May 30, 2014

Only He Who Cries Out For The Victims Of Pornography May Sing Gregorian Chants

The human race is an endangered species, or at least women and girls are. In...

May 26, 2014

Messiah Complexes: Who Will Save the World from You and Me?

Have you ever met people with messiah complexes? Such individuals are scary. They often end...

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