I showed up for eye surgery with a faith-filled calm, trusting that come what may, God would be with me. But, I also bore the confidence that in a few days I will see, quite literally, yet another miracle – the miracle of modern science.
As a pastor, I’m not a fan of ministers telling people how to vote
Imagine how good government could be if those who say God is love took love for the poor, the desire for peace and an insistence on honesty into the voting booth. What wonderful things would happen if our values were derived from virtue rather than partisanship?
Letter to the Editor: Moral Majority and Vote Common Good are not moral equivalents
Contrary to Jonathan Frank’s opinion article, the Moral Majority and Vote Common Good are not the same at all.
The language of violence and the sound of white people clapping
I kept hearing the sound of white people clapping and chanting “Lock HER up!”, “Lock HIM up!” (referencing Hillary Clinton and George Soros even after bombs mailed to them were found), and “CNN sucks!” (also after a bomb was found). And clapping their agreement for rhetorical images that include “enemies of the people,” “immigrant invaders” and a “low IQ” black woman.
I talked on TV about the Pittsburgh massacre. Our 11-year-old’s response said more
American Christians cannot sit on the sidelines when hate and anti-Semitism are so brazenly displayed in the public square. We cannot be silent in the face of evil.
Eugene Peterson: a wise, textured soul with an uncommon congruence between page and person
Eugene Peterson was, of course, good with the pen. But the deeper reason his words reverberated within so many of us is because of how deeply God’s ways and Word reverberated in his own soul.
Getting out the ‘Christian’ vote: Today’s Vote Common Good is much like yesterday’s Moral Majority
The problem with some organizations, like Vote Common Good on the left or Moral Majority on the right, is this: They attempt to shoehorn faith into the mold of a political party, instead of letting faith be the mold through which Christians reach their political decisions.
Communion of the saints: remembering those souls, past and present, who light our way
Remembering those who have shaped our lives is an instructive spiritual discipline. We tend to think that those who have died have disappeared utterly from this world, no longer accessible. Yet, our imagination can bridge heaven and earth, and we can continue to receive the impact of their lives.
Vote, or don’t. The issues are larger than elections
Elections are but the end result of an advocacy for the common good that starts in each watershed. Imagine a different future, find collaborators and spend yourself extravagantly.
In our neighborhood, ‘eyes on the street’ takes on deeper meaning
From one perspective, Skeet was the embodiment of all the problems plaguing our neighborhood. When you can only see broken windows, Skeet looked only like a broken man. But no person or neighborhood is only broken. What the folks closest to the ground knew was that Skeet helped hold Enderly Park together.
Family violence: an injustice that churches must address
As people of faith, let us seize this holy commission, covering survivors of family violence with the compassionate cloak of justice, confronting violence wherever it casts its shadow and following God into every place where oppression must be overcome by justice.
If Jesus came to church today
I’m not sure Jesus would come to church today. But if he did, there would be plenty of drama.