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BLOG 11/19/16. “ … TOO WILD AND FREE FOR THE TIMID.” A generation ago, novelist Madeline L’Engle was asked if she shared her Christian faith with here literary colleagues in New York. She whimsically responded (in her book: Walking on … Continue reading →

BLOG 11/15/16. “… I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR YOU ARE WITH ME …” I don’t mean to be overly dramatic, … but the events of this past week have left me a bit  frightened, more than a little unsettled. … Continue reading →

BLOG 11/12/16. THE LAST GASP OF THE ‘BOOMERS’? In this recent (and very controversial) election, the pundits focused on the economic and racial components of the campaign, … but let me add in my own hunch that it may have … Continue reading →

BLOG. 11/9/16. “ … BOW DOWN AND HEAR OUR CRY …” On this  frightening (to me) and unimaginable day, I can only offer to my Blog readers this hymn-prayer written by G. K. Chesterton about a century ago: O God … Continue reading →

BLOG 11/5/16. SEEKING TO RETRIEVE A TERM: ADORATION This may be a bit of a stretch, but there’s so much confusion in our culture about the concept of God (if indeed folks even give it a thought) … but there … Continue reading →

BLOG 11/2/16. QUASI-CHRISTIANITY: “NO SPERM, NO EXCREMENT, NO BLOOD” Sometimes one wonders why, given the seeming omni-presence of ostensible Christian communities, there is not more cultural impact or transformation? Perhaps one factor would be that for those who teach, who … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/29/16. UN-TRIVIALIZING BAPTISM: “… HE BIDS US COME AND DIE.” When I went into the hospital recently to have a procedure done on my heart, the hospital staff came into my room and presented me with a: Statement of … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/26/16. “IN HAUNTS OF WRETCHEDNESS AND NEED” – REFUGEES Periodically, in recent news articles, we have been reading about the deaths of the last of the Jewish survivors of the Nazi holocaust, and of the death camps in World … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/23/16. “ … IT SMELLS LIKE AN ORC!” Remember The Lord of the Rings trilogy?  A couple of decades ago it was the ‘must’ reading of the avant-garde. It was the classic battle between good and evil played out … Continue reading →

BLOG 10/19/16. FAITH: WOULDN’T IT BE ‘WILD’ IF …? Given all of the mindless religious claims floating around in this confusing political season, I have to ponder: Wouldn’t it be totally ‘wild’ if all the people who profess to be … Continue reading →