On the one hand, I have an easy time giving thanks. On the other hand, I have a difficult time giving thanks.
So very, kind of pretty much, thankful
By Michael Ruffin On the one hand, I have an easy time giving thanks. On the other hand, I have a difficult time giving thanks. Let me try to explain. Giving thanks comes easy to me because I have so…
Stop making sense
By Michael Ruffin When I was a child, little made sense to me. I did not understand the purpose of life. I did not understand the meaning of my life. I did not understand the power and fragility of intimacy….
Life outside the womb
By Michael Ruffin I have been thinking a lot lately about the beginning of life, the end of life and the life that is lived in between the beginning and the end. Before we are born we spend several months…
A prayer for Tuesday, April 16, 2013
By Michael Ruffin Oh God, here in the midst of our celebration of life and love, death and hate have reasserted their continuing influence. We are reminded by yesterday’s attack on the people gathered for the Boston Marathon of just…
The Christmas miracle — by the numbers
By Michael Ruffin Last summer Dr. Ali Binazir wrote a blog post in which he posed the question, “What are your chances of coming into being?” He considered such questions as (1) the odds of your parents meeting, which he…
Top reasons to put a Baptist on the Supreme Court
By Michael Ruffin I confess that until I read this article I had no idea what the religious makeup of the Supreme Court of the United States was. But now I find that we are faced, given the retirement of…
Christian Christmas chronic lyricosis
By Michael Ruffin I am at times afflicted with chronic lyricosis — which is, on the off chance you have not heard of it, a malady characterized by the habitual misunderstanding of song lyrics. When I was a child, I…