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July 2016

July 14, 2016
Hilary's campaign just made a very effective campaign ad. Seems pretty easy to make an...
July 12, 2016
I love this meme James McGrath created: In a recent blog post, he reflects on...
July 08, 2016
I've been aware of white privilege for quite a long time. But it wasn't until...
July 06, 2016
Spencer Burke is the Executive Director for the HatcheryLA, which is described as an "incubator...
July 04, 2016
I went for a run yesterday in north Minnesota by one of its thousand-plus lakes;...

June 2016

June 30, 2016
Did you know that Martin Luther, the father of the Protestant Reformation, liked some books...
June 28, 2016
Pat Summitt, legendary coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team, passed away...
June 27, 2016
In a discussion of Matthew 24:26-28, which is commonly taken by premillennial pretributionalist dispensationalists (there's...
June 23, 2016
Like so many Americans, I've been amazed and disgusted at the unwillingness of our elected...
June 22, 2016
Remember the Daisy Girl ad? It's known as the commercial that ushered in the age...
June 21, 2016
Donald Trump, amidst some apparently bad news about his campaign's meager bank account, is meeting...
June 20, 2016
Pastors and teachers, you're busy, you're over-loaded with meetings, budgets, and putting out little or...
June 17, 2016
Isaac Archuleta, at the Huffington Post, has a powerful answer to that question that keeps...
June 17, 2016
"Our Father, who art in heaven..." This phrase is repeated countless times in countless churches...
June 15, 2016
Theologian Paul Tillich's sermon, "You Are Accepted" is a powerful piece of pastoral theology. The...
June 13, 2016
Following the immediate shock and grief of the terror and tragedy of Orlando, the media...
June 09, 2016
If you've followed this blog much, you're probably aware of my appreciation for the work...
June 08, 2016
It's a good time for this conversation, so check out this free webinar I'll be...
June 07, 2016
From Martin Luther's "A Sermon on Preparing to Die" (from 1519): Death looms so large...
June 07, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan, who has been  slow to coming around in support of Donald...
June 06, 2016
You decide to pick up that coffee cup and take a sip. Was that decision...
June 03, 2016
I'm struck by the brevity of life today, as I wriggle today between two life-bookends....
June 02, 2016
It's conceivable that God couldn't have possibly created a world that has free, moral agents...

May 2016

May 31, 2016
In 1518, at a meeting of the Augustinian Order in Heidelberg, Germany, a monk named...
May 26, 2016
Sometimes it feels like the carefree days of youth have slipped too far behind me....
May 25, 2016
I just picked up Peter Brown's The Body and Society, which is a fascinating study of sex...
May 23, 2016
You can't really understand the dynamics of American religion--and even of American politics and the...
May 22, 2016
What does the Trinity have to do with feminism? It's Trinity Sunday, so I'll share...
May 20, 2016
If you accept the theory of evolution (and you should) then you also must accept...
May 17, 2016
I came across a very helpful summary of "theological feminism" today, in Catherine Mowry LaCugna's...
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