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October 2019

October 17, 2019
If we remembered that water takes its color from the vessel containing it, we would...
October 16, 2019
In the 1946 classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Angel Second Class Clarence Oddbody is...
October 15, 2019
As the expected chaos and violence in Turkey and Syria continue to develop in the...
October 13, 2019
Evangelical Christian icon and fossil Pat Robertson lost it a few days ago. On his...
October 11, 2019
One of my teaching colleagues and mentors used to love to tell the story of...
October 09, 2019
One of my greatest joys as a philosophy professor is that I get to be...
October 07, 2019
Jeanne and I are great lovers of movies. As I have described in this blog...
October 05, 2019
I was reminded yesterday that exactly eight years ago, one of my favorite pictures of...
October 03, 2019
Given my teaching schedule this semester, I begin each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday on the...
October 01, 2019
For those who claim to be persons of Christian faith and who also are largely...

September 2019

September 28, 2019
I am pleased to announce that my new book, Prayer for People Who Don't Believe in...
September 26, 2019
In one of the many books written by an atheist about Christianity over the past...
September 24, 2019
Yesterday was the first day of autumn, which is good thing, because autumn is (by...
September 22, 2019
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a talk given by one of my heroes....
September 19, 2019
A conversation heard behind the scenes: Dude! Did you see what just happened?? How could...
September 17, 2019
An item popped up on my Facebook news feed a couple of days ago reporting...
September 15, 2019
The best argument in the world won’t change a person’s mind. The only thing that...
September 13, 2019
We should read the New Testament as saying that how we treat each other on...
September 11, 2019
Everyone beyond a certain age can remember clearly what they were doing eighteen years ago...
September 10, 2019
I have grown weary of trying to understand the unquestioning support that Donald Trump receives...
September 08, 2019
A few days ago, Pete Buttigeig, mayor of South Bend and candidate for the Democratic...
September 05, 2019
Pardons are in the news, particularly Presidential pardons. Presidential pardons are nothing new, and most...
September 03, 2019
In Lies We Believe Abut God, Wm. Paul Young (author of The Shack) tells the story of...
September 01, 2019
There are a couple of sayings attributed to Jesus that Christians often use when attempting...

August 2019

August 29, 2019
It's the first week of the new academic year, which is always a good time...
August 27, 2019
In her wonderful memoir Take This Bread, Sara Miles tells us of a conversation she had...
August 25, 2019
This week marks seven years since I, with trepidation, misgivings and a certain amount of...
August 21, 2019
So that just happened. In a wide-ranging “conversation” with reporters on the White House lawn...
August 20, 2019
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall...
August 18, 2019
We are not simply made by God—we are made of God  Julian of Norwich Toward the end of a...
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