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Nope – Not Funny

When Pope Benedict retired, I made an off-handed joke that the church should elect me pope. It was obviously a ...
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When Churches Bait and Switch

Our family used to occasionally go to a beautiful Florida island for vacation in the summer. We went in the ...
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Just Say No to Nazis

I was the very part-time chaplain at Albright College - a United Methodist Church related college - from 1994 to ...
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Modern Idolatry

Every year during Holy Week we read about Pontius Pilate, the governor who put Jesus to death. Historically, Pilate is ...
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Love, Not Fear

I'm not going to lie - religion can be scary. For as long as humans have wondered where thunder and ...
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Love, not Hate

Pope Francis has died, and the world is in mourning. We didn't have to agree with everything he ever said ...
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Becoming the Church, Part 3

In the Gospel of Matthew, the end of the 25th chapter, Jesus does something shocking - He sends people who ...
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Becoming the Church, Part 2

As Jesus stood before Pilate, Pilate asked if He was a king. Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this ...
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Becoming the Church

Some conversations stay with me forever. This one happened almost 40 years ago in the county I grew up in. ...
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Free Speech vs. Hate Speech

I read this morning that almost 1,200 international students and recent graduates have been identified for deportation by the State ...
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