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July 2021

July 01, 2021

Is It Time to Rethink Church?

When the Covid-19 pandemic rushed through Christendom in 2020, it rattled an already unstable system....

June 2021

June 29, 2021

Hypocrisy and Blind Spots

There is a lot of partisan squabbling and finger pointing going on in the world...

June 24, 2021

A Vacation From Fear and Anxiety

We recently went on a vacation to Wyoming. The timing was perfect; we flew out...

June 22, 2021

The Consequences of Getting Away With It

When we are faced with negative consequences, one of our natural tendencies is to ask...

June 17, 2021

The Difference Between Emancipation and Liberation

Before recent world events, I was one of those people who did not know anything...

June 15, 2021

Abundant Metaphors: Lakes and Rivers

On our recent vacation to Wyoming, we spent some time in Grand Teton National Park...

June 10, 2021

The Allure of Self-Sacrifice

There are few things as fascinating as the reality of self-sacrifice. Most of our movies,...

June 08, 2021

Analyzing My Ability to Analyze

Just about every choice we make is a cost/benefit analysis. Our brains look at the...

June 03, 2021

Zooming Away

We are currently on vacation. Life in New York City can be as full of...

June 01, 2021

Time and Chance

I have spent the better part of my life trying to figure out how this...

May 2021

May 27, 2021

The Characteristics of a Treasure

We are all searching for some kind of treasure. Something that suddenly propels us to...

May 25, 2021

How to Impress an Angel

The Biblical story of Job is well known. It centers around Job’s suffering at the...

May 20, 2021

Think Slower

In the 1970’s, the popular perspective around human reason was that we are generally very...

May 18, 2021

Whose Decision Is It?

One of the things that can quickly derail our ability to make decisions is the...

May 13, 2021

Are You Being Truthful With Yourself?

We all love the concept of truth. Nobody likes being deceived or lied to. We...

May 11, 2021

The Mystical, Practical, and Overlooked Powers of Prayer

In a lot of ways, the Christian tradition has neutered the power of prayer. We...

May 06, 2021

Graduation

We are heading into the season of graduations and it is one of my favorite...

May 04, 2021

The Myth of Inaction

When faced with an overwhelming amount of choices (or a set of choices we don’t...

April 2021

April 29, 2021

The Easy Life: How Work, Rest, and Meaning Intertwine

We went on vacation recently and it was wonderful. Work has been pretty busy and...

April 27, 2021

My Agency in My Own Safety

There are few things as hotly contested in today’s world than the idea of personal...

April 22, 2021

Man and Nature (Earth Day Musings)

Every year, one of our staff members sends me the important dates of the year...

April 20, 2021

How We Solve Problems

We face a lot of problems. More than we think, in some ways (less than...

April 15, 2021

Tax Day: God and Money

The famous verse in The Bible claims that we cannot serve both God and money....

April 13, 2021

Reaching for the Top Branches

We have a tendency to reach for the lowest hanging fruit. Whatever is easiest, serves...

April 08, 2021

The World is Taking a Dive

I was quite the soccer player when I was a teenager, but never got into...

April 06, 2021

Self-Assessment (How Are You Doing?)

The counselor at the school we work at often encourage staff, faculty, and students to...

April 01, 2021

Faith or Fool

It is a bit of a strange coincidence that Easter Weekend and April Fools are...

March 2021

March 30, 2021

What Is Grace and Why Our World Needs More of It

I have seen more and more the misuse of the concept of grace. We too...

March 25, 2021

The Redeeming Road (A Step Toward Easter)

As we are heading into the Easter season, we celebrate Passover and Palm Sunday. An...

March 23, 2021

An In-Between Life

I have been working recently on a science fiction novel–the White Whale of my writing...