August 1, 2011 A View from Paris Seeing One’s Own Land and Faith From a Distance A View from Paris: The Photography of Dorthea Lange and the Lessons of Islamic Art
July 23, 2011 Are Mormons Christian? With two Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints) running for President, some evangelical leaders are again raising…
July 5, 2011 Animals of the Bible All Creatures Great and Small Christianity is not about the salvation of anything as nebulous as “the human soul,” it’s about the repair and…
June 5, 2011 The US Senate kills ban on Gay Marriage US Senate Turns Back Gay Marriage Ban The US Senate has defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit voters in any state or…
May 21, 2011 End of the World! Oooops … It’s Not Periodically, for a variety of reasons, over the span of several thousands of years, various prognosticators and self-appointed prophets, have announced the the end…
May 2, 2011 Books for Thoughtful Christians If you don’t like to be challenged even as you are entertained and inspired, avoid these books! On the other hand, if you are…
April 25, 2011 The Morning After Despite a holiday weekend reprieve, on April 18th our taxes are due, resurrection or not. Or, how to deal with post holiday depression. Read…
April 8, 2011 Tax Collectors and Sinners The Tax Collectors Are Coming The IRS has now unleashed a group of debt collection agencies to go after citizens it believes owe back…
March 29, 2011 Remembering Dietrich Bonheoffer State of Emergency: Some Thoughts For Holy Week April 9 is the anniversary of the death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. A German pastor and theologian,…
March 25, 2011 Classics of Progressive Christianity Must reads for progressive Christians Harry Emerson Fosdick: The Idea of God Paul Tillich: Escape From God