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February 2020

February 11, 2020
In my life-long spiritual journey, the decade of my twenties was the charismatic decade. No,...
February 08, 2020
In the religious world of my youth and adolescence, Billy Graham was a rock star....
February 06, 2020
One of the many things that make teaching a rewarding vocation is receiving unsolicited testimonials...
February 04, 2020
Unless a miracle occurs, the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump will end today, with...
February 02, 2020
I wrote the essay that follows several months ago; on the advice of some trusted...

January 2020

January 30, 2020
Last April, I decided to write an essay exploring something that I have been saying...
January 28, 2020
The only way I can get through the tedium of working out on an aerobic...
January 26, 2020
The other day somebody wrote on Twitter that “President Trump is the best president in...
January 23, 2020
Last November, I used a Michael Gerson essay as a jumping off point for a...
January 21, 2020
Today, the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump begins in earnest. As we...
January 20, 2020
On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I am reminded of a few days I...
January 19, 2020
Perhaps a novel whose main character is the squadron leader for World War II bombing...
January 16, 2020
Last June, I used essays by Michael Gerson and Marilynne Robinson to explore what happens...
January 14, 2020
I have a good friend and colleague in the philosophy department who has twin daughters....
January 12, 2020
The season of Epiphany, squeezed in between the Christmas season and Lent, is the annual...
January 09, 2020
Last May, I wrote about the often-made claim from evangelical Christians that they are the...
January 07, 2020
For the next several Thursdays, I will be reposting my top blog posts of 2020,...
January 06, 2020
Yesterday was the Feast of the Epiphany, the first day of the liturgical season that...
January 04, 2020
In final preparation for the spring semester that will begin in ten days, I am...
January 03, 2020
On New Year’s Day, I wrote that my New Year’s resolution this year is to...
January 03, 2020
On this third day of the New Year, I am grateful for many things--including the...

December 2019

December 31, 2019
There are eight to ten movies that Jeanne and I watch religiously during the Christmas...
December 31, 2019
  About halfway through his lengthy essay, Schjeldahl notes his agreement with one of Weil’s...
December 29, 2019
This Christmas season seems more dissonant than most, with violence across the globe, an impeachment...
December 26, 2019
Last year around this time, I posted an essay that turned out to be more...
December 23, 2019
A couple of years ago, I was asked to take on a temporary administrative position...
December 21, 2019
In my religious tradition, we didn’t do saints. But we did do Christmas pageants—big time....
December 19, 2019
Baptist preacher’s kids get to do some very odd things. I memorized large portions of...
December 18, 2019
Next semester I will be teaching an honors colloquium on Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), one...
December 17, 2019
When Claremont (California) United Methodist Church unveiled its annual outdoor Nativity last week, it caused...
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