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October 2020

October 25, 2020
We’ve all done this, we bang and bang on the door of hope, and don’t...
October 22, 2020
In a recent interview, Union Theological Seminary president Serene Jones said that "If you really...
October 20, 2020
As a philosophy professor, I have the opportunity in just about every class to investigate,...
October 18, 2020
I get myself in trouble on this blog occasionally, often deliberately. I know that most...
October 16, 2020
Not long ago, I found myself involved behind the scenes in a squabble between the...
October 14, 2020
During the past week, I have observed two people get into trouble on Facebook for...
October 12, 2020
I realized this morning that exactly seven years ago, the beautiful humanities building on our...
October 11, 2020
This is an interesting planet. It deserves all the attention you can give it. Marilynne...
October 08, 2020
Perhaps a novel whose main character is the squadron leader for World War II bombing...
October 06, 2020
Last Sunday, it was my turn to be lector at church. The reading from the...
October 04, 2020
Today is Blessing of the Animals Sunday, which this year is bittersweet for me. My...
October 01, 2020
Jeanne and I did not watch the presidential "debate" on Tuesday evening, choosing instead to...

September 2020

September 29, 2020
The first debate between the 2020 presidential nominees is this evening. It will come as...
September 27, 2020
One of my teaching teammates this semester in the interdisciplinary course I regularly participate in...
September 24, 2020
My college campus is in the middle of a (hopefully) temporary lockdown, due to a...
September 22, 2020
With the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginzberg, the abortion issue is slowly...
September 20, 2020
Organized religion often is a source of packaged answers and comfortable solutions to important questions...
September 17, 2020
An item popped up on my Facebook news feed not long ago reporting that Harper...
September 15, 2020
This past weekend, Jeanne and I, along with our two sons and our daughter-in-law, travelled...
September 13, 2020
Not long ago, I had the opportunity to return to one of my two favorite...
September 10, 2020
I, as many people of faith, have often wondered why the divine is so apparently...
September 08, 2020
Jeanne and I celebrated our 32nd anniversary in July—the gifts we gave each other are...
September 06, 2020
Iris Murdoch is one of my favorite philosophers and novelists, but I seldom get to...
September 03, 2020
Iris Murdoch was one of the philosophers whose work was front and center in my...
September 01, 2020
In 1980, famed science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote the following in an opinion piece for...

August 2020

August 30, 2020
Nine years ago today, I started this blog. The last three and a half of...
August 27, 2020
Just short of a year ago, I spent a Saturday morning listening to a lecture...
August 25, 2020
Classes begin at my college next Monday, and the stress levels among the faculty (and...
August 23, 2020
Today's reading from Matthew's gospel is both famous and infamous. Jesus asks his disciples "Who...
August 21, 2020
Every once in a while, our lives are blessed with a person who uniquely and...
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