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April 2021

April 24, 2021
Either the Bible is true or it isn’t, either it’s God’s inspired inerrant word or...
April 21, 2021
One of my prized possessions, purchased when  Jeanne and I were on vacation during Summer...
April 20, 2021
I’ve been reminded recently, in a number of random ways, of just how quickly time...
April 18, 2021
It has been thirteen months since our lives changed in ways that we will never...
April 15, 2021
In a normal year, today would be everyone's least favorite day of the year--Tax Day....
April 13, 2021
My father, an itinerant Baptist minister, once told me about a plaque on the preacher’s...
April 10, 2021
The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty   Anne Lamott I am currently in...
April 07, 2021
In my “Markets and Morals” colloquium in the good old pre-pandemic days a couple of...
April 06, 2021
After more than a year hiatus, I found myself sitting at the organ bench at...
April 03, 2021
God is not an insurance agent. H. G. Wells During Rick Pitino’s tenure as the...
April 02, 2021
During the college basketball season, Jeanne and I frequently watch a replay of the Providence...

March 2021

March 31, 2021
I know we're in the middle of Holy Week. I know that today is Maundy...
March 29, 2021
Holy Week is upon us once again—as good a time as any to step back...
March 27, 2021
Today is Palm Sunday, one of the most dramatic days on the liturgical calendar. But...
March 25, 2021
A Facebook friend who knows that I am a philosophy professor sent me a thought-provoking...
March 23, 2021
So here we are again. Mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder in the last week,...
March 23, 2021
Not that long ago, I received an email from a colleague who is my college’s...
March 20, 2021
Dr. Seuss has been in the news lately, as the Seuss estate chose earlier this...
March 18, 2021
Over the years, a typical scenario has unfolded when I meet someone for the first...
March 16, 2021
A couple of years ago, in the misty past of pre-Covid restrictions, I had a...
March 14, 2021
Today's lectionary texts take us back to the basics. Sports fans old enough to remember...
March 13, 2021
For many of us, Daylight Saving Time begins tomorrow at 2:00 am. That's "spring forward,"...
March 11, 2021
I was angry with my father for a lot of reasons over the years, some...
March 09, 2021
To clarify thought, to discredit the intrinsically meaningless words, and to define the use of...
March 07, 2021
My youngest son, Justin, has a remarkable memory–for, as he puts it, “totally useless facts.”...
March 06, 2021
I’ve lived almost two-thirds of a century now, so I have passed many of the...
March 04, 2021
I read a fascinating article in The Atlantic not long ago that explores the various ways...
March 02, 2021
In one of my seminars a week or so ago, my students and I considered...

February 2021

February 28, 2021
One of my teaching colleagues and mentors used to love to tell the story of...
February 25, 2021
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to yourself. Michel de...
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