Don’t Give Up!
The forty days of Lent, including the customs associated with the discipline of sacrifice, came about in imitation of the period which Jesus spent in the desert immediately following his baptism and the announcement that...
The Wholeness of Creation
To embrace the glorify creation means to embrace all of creation, including that which is not objectively beautiful or otherwise felicitous.
Heaven Can’t Wait
We might well wish for a little more of “heaven” right now. It would be so nice to be able to look forward to a place where there is no Covid, no politics, no racism,...
All You Need Is Love!
The truth is, as Christians, our track record on keeping the simplest of commandments: Love your neighbor as yourself is rather dismal. We often act as if Jesus’ core teaching was merely a polite suggestion.
Choppy Waters
Being crammed together in a small boat which is tossing on stormy waters seems to be about as good a metaphor to describe our current existence as anything, The question is, how can we deal...
Grow Up!
Over time, we have become more and more aware that symbols and memorials which may be heroic for some are often heinous for others. I am astonished at how long it took me to...
Greater Expectations
In the face of all that has been unfolding in our country and throughout the world—not just for the past weeks or months—but seemingly for the entire history of Christianity, maintaining a sense of faith...
Getting Real
I bet there are many of us who might feel a little bit worn out by too much reality. We are being bombarded by a seemingly new reality in which “facts” are distorted or ignored,...
Beyond Partiality
Why indeed did Jesus go to this wild prophet and his mission of baptizing people in the muddy waters of the Jordan river? Whatever meaning this baptism had for anyone at the time was certainly...
If You Want to Get the Job Done…
Over the past number of years, an interesting demographic trend has been noticed in many of the so-called “helping professions,” including psychology and medicine. In clinical psychology, for example, the majority of those being accepted...