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February 2016

February 03, 2016
Ted Cruz. The crusading evangelical.  But he doesn’t seem to be running on gospel values. ...

January 2016

January 31, 2016
Transparent is the title of Amazon’s hit TV series, a series the Atlantic Monthly called...
January 29, 2016
It’s an astonishing snapshot. The more so because the 2016 Campaign has had every Republican...
January 23, 2016
Change is a tough nut, really.  You can break your teeth on it, trying to...
January 20, 2016
Congratulations! said the way-too-cheery voice on my phone message machine.  You have the chance to...
January 17, 2016
Here in New Hampshire, three weeks before the primary, there is no escaping the candidates....
January 14, 2016
Lynchings:  for black Americans, they were a perpetual fear and a regular danger in southern...
January 10, 2016
Jesus was not a Marrying Parson. He left us no sermons about marriage and family...
January 08, 2016
The numbers are staggering. It boggles the mind – a terribly British, pretty formulaic, Edwardian...
January 02, 2016
In the movie Brooklyn, based on a story by Colm Toibin, a young Irish teen,...
January 01, 2016
Texans are ringing in the New Year by wearing their guns in public places, a...

December 2015

December 27, 2015
 John's Gospel opens with a paean to the unlimited beauty, eternal creativity, and breathtaking presence of...
December 17, 2015
It was less than two weeks before Christmas.  And in the most powerful country the...
December 14, 2015
Everywhere, the air is full of outcry: John thunders down words of destruction; the anvils...
December 09, 2015
In those ancient days before ancestry.com, before DNA ancestor typing, before US census data, before...
December 07, 2015
Last week baby news came at warp speed: Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook and...
December 03, 2015
It’s Advent, and the same old lies about Mary are slipping over pulpits and out...

November 2015

November 28, 2015
Here comes John the Baptist again. He’s as regular as swallows returning to Capistrano, as...
November 26, 2015
Advent is a borderland season, a Gateway between the warm, diffuse light of autumn harvests...
November 22, 2015
Darkness and deep shadows define the landscape of Advent,  falling over the human spirit. This...
November 18, 2015
They came as indentured servants, short-term slaves. For eight years, all the Pilgrims produced would...
November 15, 2015
Friends and Readers:  This week begins the appearance of my posts on Patheos, which Wikipedia...
November 09, 2015
Friends and Readers: It’s a great joy to share the news that I am now...

October 2015

October 31, 2015
Spotlight, a film about the Herculean effort it took to get past the pious defenses...
October 26, 2015
God is one. Love God with all your heart, mind, and soul, and love your...
October 18, 2015
At the main gate into Jericho, where the crowds gathered in expectation of the great...
October 11, 2015
A week ago, at the New Yorker (magazine) Festival, I went to a panel discussion...
October 03, 2015
Once, according to Mark, a man ran up to Jesus in the road and begged:...

September 2015

September 27, 2015
Those whom God hath joined together, let no one put asunder. The words are resonant....
September 22, 2015
Pope Francis is coming.  He’s using Cuba as his entry door.  Cuba.  For most of...
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