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Among my theological heroes, Dietrich Bonhoeffer stands tall. His book, “The Cost of Discipleship”, was a challenge to those who would cozy up to dictators and stay silent in the…

My wife and I attended a new church in Pottstown, PA called Open Table UCC, which my church has committed to support financially for 6 years. They just celebrated their…

One of my tasks at our Clergy Men’s Retreat last week was to talk about Christian Nationalism, the end of the world as we know it, and hope. (Yikes!) I…

For many years I have – half-jokingly – talked about my pet peeves, of which I have many. I have found, by the way, that most people are the same…

I have been at a men’s clergy retreat since Tuesday, and our topic last night was Mary, the Mother of Jesus. We have been looking at the Gospel readings for…

It would be easy to jump to one side or the other; we can believe that God prefers the poor or that prosperity is a sign of God’s favor. There…

I have heard this old story a dozen times in sermons but was reminded of it during Hurricane Helene. A massive hurricane is moving towards land, and everyone is told…

I read an article the other day about attitudes toward having a woman as president of the United States. The results were predictable: Those who opposed the idea were mostly…

This happened back in June, but I just saw it last week in my news feed. It seems that a Missouri couple living seasonally (do we call that summering?) in…

It seems that I could write an entire daily blog on hypocrisy alone; of course, Jesus seemed to talk a lot about, so it is nothing new. This time it…