November 3, 2020 Election Day Sermon It’s an old American custom to preach, on election day, a sermon about our responsibilities as citizens before we go to the polls. So…
November 2, 2020 Faith Based Politics? What Would a Faith Based Politics Actually Look Like? Given the invocation of the name of God in political campaigns, especially during a presidential…
October 20, 2020 Abraham Lincoln’s God Abraham Lincoln’s God During a presidential election year, when politicians tend to invoke the name of God for partisan purposes, or “explain” various tragedies…
March 4, 2019 Is God a Republican? Is God a Republican …. or a Democrat? In the US, the name of God is routinely invoked, even in the most partisan contexts,…
December 17, 2016 The 400 Pound Hacker from Jersey; Strange but True The press and large segments of the public are curious about the “400 pound man sitting on his bed in Jersey,” whom our president-elect…
February 18, 2016 Pope suggests Donald Trump is “Not a Christian.” In one of the more refreshing and controversial comments he has made to date, Pope Francis, stepped in to the middle of US Presidential…
February 16, 2016 The New Tan Man We are already missing, John Boehner, who resigned from Congress last fall, after a distinguished career. Whatever readers my think about his record in Congress, everyone marveled at his…
April 27, 2013 Is God a Republican? Or a Democrat? If you think the question is absurd, hard-to-answer, obvious or irrelevant, think again. Read more.
July 24, 2012 Left Behind: Bad Fiction, Bad Faith Left Behind: Bad Fiction, Bad Faith Given the popularity and persistence of “biblical prophecy” thinking that packages paranoia as faith and sees in first…
February 23, 2012 Franklin Graham and Rick Santorum Vie For Stone Casters of the Year If you saw Franklin Graham on Morning Joe earlier this week, you saw him imply that President Obama is a Muslim even while avoiding…
