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May 2017

May 01, 2017
From the pages of an ancient text comes a tale about not holding on to...

April 2017

April 29, 2017
We have arrived at Day 100 of the Trump presidency, and we're still here. Sort...
April 27, 2017
Is it possible to be a good Christian and a good capitalist? Surprisingly, an 800-year-old...
April 26, 2017
Christian Wiman writes that "every single expression of faith is provisional . . . because...
April 24, 2017
Sometime things happen that make me want to seriously consider atheism. A three-year old child...
April 22, 2017
“What does the Lord require of us?" Do justice. Love mercy. Walk humbly with your...
April 20, 2017
A Old Wild West conversation in Tombstone between a consumptive dentist and the sheriff's younger...
April 16, 2017
The Apostle Paul wrote that "now abide faith, hope, and love . . ." Easter...
April 15, 2017
On Holy Saturday, it is good to remember our mortality. "Mortals die, and are laid...
April 14, 2017
"Total disaster." "Not good." "Sad." We're becoming used to these phrases. But they reach a...
April 11, 2017
At the beginning of the first Holy Week, Jesus killed a fig tree for no...
April 09, 2017
What is bothering me incessantly is the question of what Christianity really is, or indeed...
April 07, 2017
I received the welcome news this past week that my forthcoming book, which has been...
April 03, 2017
In the liturgical year, the last Sunday of Lent focuses on Jesus' signature miracle--the raising...

March 2017

March 31, 2017
Over the past several years, I have frequently returned to a question that a friend...
March 29, 2017
Broken windows and empty hallways, a pale dead moon and a sky streaked with gray....
March 27, 2017
Let me tell you here first, “trust in God” has never floated my boat as...
March 24, 2017
Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy...
March 22, 2017
Once many years ago, a couple I was close friends with was having marital problems....
March 20, 2017
Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk to you again. “The Sound of...
March 19, 2017
In my religious tradition, we didn’t do saints. We did do Christmas pageants—big time. I...
March 15, 2017
My youngest son was always the inquisitive sort, the kind of kid who, from the...
March 10, 2017
During the early years of my career I developed the habit of teaching at least...
March 10, 2017
During the early years of my career I developed the habit of teaching at least...
March 06, 2017
What is the difference between a cathedral and a physics lab? Are they not both...
March 05, 2017
I've no wish to be living sixty years on   Elton John Tomorrow is my birthday!...
March 03, 2017
A colleague and friend from the English department contacted me a few months ago and...

February 2017

February 24, 2017
In the early hours of a Sunday morning not long ago, I read the final...
February 22, 2017
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made. Immanuel Kant...
February 20, 2017
It's President's Day, which for all college professors means--as do all Monday holidays in the...
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