https://nccumc.fm/general/2020/09/watercooler-christianity-episode-17-the-bible-and-culture-w-ben-witherington/ Read more

  “If sin is simply ignorance, then education will put it to flight. If sin is simply bad behavior, then punishment and rehabilitation will put it right; but if sin is fundamental to the human condition, a fact of who we are, a part, if you will, of our essential DNA, then this may help to explain why the advances in education, penology, and science have failed to stem the essential cussedness of human beings and the persistence of evil... Read more

https://www.facebook.com/ATSChapel/videos/357002778984500/?comment_id=357055918979186 Read more

  https://vimeo.com/461363794/b1690838b3 and https://vimeo.com/461366391/b85dbb00cd Read more

Politics without Principles Wealth without Work Commerce without Morality Pleasure without Conscience Education without Character Science without Humanity Worship without Sacrifice (And who would you guess composed this list based in part on his reading of the Gospels? Gandhi!) Read more

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/egypt-sarcophagi-discovery-intl-hnk-scli/index.html Read more

Election Day Reflection O God of earth and altar bow down and hear our cry Our earthly rulers falter. Our people drift and die. The walls of gold entomb us; the sword of scorn divide. Take not thy thunder from us, but take away our pride. For all that terror teaches, from lies of tongue and pen, from all the easy speeches that comfort cruel men, from sale and profanation of honor and the sword from sleep and from damnation... Read more

Apologies for the F word twice over, but this speech is too good and too on point to miss on election day.  Think about this as you vote.  BW3 Read more

https://www.queenofthesciences.com/e/isaiah-1591593267/ Read more

The giant yellow gingko tree outside my office window.   Read more