Good (?) Friday

Painting of a Good Friday on a wall

“What’s so good about it?” is the question that almost every child, once learning about the nature of the day, will ask. The use of “good” may be another one…

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Disunity around the Table

Abstract painting of the Last Supper

It is the only day of the year when all Christians celebrate Holy Communion. It is called by different names and practiced in different ways, but the essential nature of…

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Zealots

Pencil art of a war including various people

They’re everywhere – sports, politics, religion, games – and they are out to enlist us in their causes. The earliest use of the term was a group of Jewish nationalists…

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Religious Appropriation

People wearing various costumes

There’s been a lot of concern in recent years – some of it overdone – about cultural appropriation. This is the phenomenon when people dress or act like a culture…

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More Thoughts and Prayers? 

Statue of a baby angel with faded colors

As we continue to mourn and yell and weep in the aftermath of yet another school terrorist shooting, we are divided over what to do. For some, banning guns is…

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Honest Leadership

Glass mask placed on a book

A recent article in Christianity Today cited a study that looked into Generation Z and their relationship with the Church and Christianity. What they found about participation was no surprise:…

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Guns (again)

Painting of a mother holding a child in terror

It is one of the most disturbing stories in the Christian Scriptures, and every time I read it in church, I am filled with sadness and anger. The Wise Men…

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Public Pornography

David and Michelangelo statue in black and white

Justice Potter Stewart said in 1964 (about pornography), “I know it when I see it.” The quote was actually given to him by his law clerk, Alan Novak, as Stewart…

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