politics

As the expected chaos and violence in Turkey and Syria continue to develop in the...

Evangelical Christian icon and fossil Pat Robertson lost it a few days ago. On his...

Given my teaching schedule this semester, I begin each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday on the...

An item popped up on my Facebook news feed a couple of days ago reporting...

We should read the New Testament as saying that how we treat each other on...

I have grown weary of trying to understand the unquestioning support that Donald Trump receives...

A few days ago, Pete Buttigeig, mayor of South Bend and candidate for the Democratic...

Pardons are in the news, particularly Presidential pardons. Presidential pardons are nothing new, and most...

So that just happened. In a wide-ranging “conversation” with reporters on the White House lawn...

There is a saying, particularly popular among conservatives, that “A conservative is a liberal who...

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...

“Christians Tired of Being Misrepresented.” “I’m Not That Kind of Christian.” “The Christian Left.” These...

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

As millions of other Americans, I awoke last Wednesday intending to binge watch the Mueller...

Last Monday, as everyone’s heads were exploding over Donald Trump’s racist tweets targeting four Congresswomen...

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?...

Next to Lent, the part of the liturgical calendar that I have always found least...

At its best, faith is the overflow of gratitude, the attempt to live as if...

At the end of each academic year, I tend to reflect back on the past...

It is Memorial Day weekend, a great time to honor those who have made sacrifices...

Last week, a Christianity Today article reported that "Half of Americans Say Evangelicals are Discriminated Against." www.christianitytoday.com

Over the past several years, I have found myself in frequent conversations with conservative Christians,...

Once many years ago, a couple I was close friends with was having marital problems....

Not long ago, I found myself involved behind the scenes in a squabble between the...

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

I recently read the following observations: They weren’t such bad fellows. He had mixed with...

President Donald Trump’s delayed State of the Union address is tonight. Most everyone knows what...

Not long ago, my wife Jeanne decided to audit a graduate theology course on campus...