hope

Yesterday I had the privilege of attending a talk given by one of my heroes....

All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall...

We are not simply made by God—we are made of God  Julian of Norwich Toward the end of a...

During the three years that I lived in Milwaukee while completing my Ph.D. studies at...

In the aftermath of two more mass shootings last Saturday, I read a number of...

I was reminded when I visited the MLK Memorial in Washington DC a couple of...

Have you never felt like one of those pawns forgotten in a corner of the...

Another Saturday morning, another vile stream of racist and/or misogynistic tweets from the President. This...

Not long ago, Jeanne and I saw “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”, the documentary about...

I think it’s time for us to get a little bit more uncompromising in our...

If you got to choose the manner of your death, what would your choice be?...

A conversation involving a bunch of guys at a sports bar waiting for the big...

Last week Jeanne and I went with a friend to see the Elton John biopic...

There is no greatness where there is no goodness, simplicity, or truth Leo Tolstoy Although Jeanne...

“Now abide faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.” These words...

If you think you understand it, it is not God.  Soren Kierkegaard In Marilynne Robinson’s...

On the recommendation of one of my colleagues, I recently read Alexander Waugh’s The House of...

Valentine's Day last week marked the first anniversary of the shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas...

Love does not say “I ought to love”—it loves. Pity does not say “It is...

This Christmas season seems more dissonant than most, with violence across the globe, a partial...

I have a colleague and friend with whom I share a lot in common. Eric...

Grace means suddenly you’re in a different universe from the one where you were stuck,...

I was raised in a version of Christianity that had no sense of the liturgical...

We’ve all done this, we bang and bang on the door of hope, and don’t...

Just when you thought you had heard and read it all . . . "If...

Each Advent for the past eight years, I have had the privilege of giving a...

As we approach the Advent and Christmas seasons, I am in a forward-looking and hopeful...

One of my favorite features of liturgical worship is encountering familiar and favorite texts during...

I began Election Day last Tuesday at the gym, riding the stationary bike for an...

A couple of months ago, Jeanne and I saw "Won't You Be My Neighbor?", the...