The most illuminating moment in last night's RNC 2016 extravaganza was when NY Times columnist, David Brooks, asked Tony Perkins of ...

Last night as I watched round two, I posted on Facebook: Two thoughts come to mind: 1) Republicans are only united in their hatred ...

As I watched night one of the RNC on PBS (that already betrays some of my biases, yes?) I felt compelled to write of FB: I despise the s...

NOTE:  Here are my worship notes for this coming Sunday, July 17, 2016. I will be using Krista Tippett's new book, Becoming Wise, a...

For the past week various pundits have called up memories of 1968 while speaking about the mood of contemporary America.  A similar thought ...

Shortly before I left on vacation, I found myself in conversation with a 20-something, white man about progressive politics, American race r...

We are off to celebrate, play and chill today:  many, many thanks to my friends and colleagues who sent me birthday blessings while we'r...

I am going on a writing break for the next two weeks on this blog:  it is vacation time in the North Land and we're going to take it...

NOTE:   Here are my worship notes from this morning when we said farewell to a beloved staff member, Mark, and welcomed five young people i...