My favorite conservative, David Brooks , wrote yet another column about the upside down state of moral discourse in the USA at this moment...

On and off for the past 10 years I have been paying more and more attention to Wendell Berry - one of the true American saints and prophet...

NOTE: Here are my worship notes for Pentecost 2012 - it is also Memorial Day in the US - so who knows who will be in worship?  We're ...

There comes a time in each person's life (I think) when you don't want to fight any more. I certainly feel that way as I sneak up o...

So brother Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees gave up the ghost at 63.   I have to admit that the Bee Gees were one of my guilty pleasures:  they co...

One last note on the Ascension - this from Damian Howard SJ - in his summary of NT Wright's insights:   when the story of the Ascension ...

Sometimes it takes a few days of wandering around with an idea before it takes real shape and form, yes?   The late Raymond Brown of Union T...

One of my favorite "old school" disco queens left our world today:   Rest in Peace, Donna Summer, rest in peace.  Remember when ...

Tonight we spent an hour talking through Niebuhr's "existential anthropology" as part one of our study of social justice.   Wi...

There is a big, soft spot in my heart for the children of our church - and tonight I got the chance to nourish it.   One of the daughters of...