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BLOG 7/15/15. OF COURSE ATTICUS FINCH WAS A RACIST—MOST OF US WERE. I don’t know whether to be amused or dismayed at all of the ‘flap’ over the revelation in Harper Lee’s new book that lawyer Atticus Finch was a … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/12/15. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF PRIESTS? AND WHAT ARE THEY? The pageantry of the visit by Pope Francis in Santa Cruz, Paraguay this past week was fascinating. The adulation of that huge crowd of the Catholic faithful for … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/8/15. MARRIOTT HOTELS, AIRBNB, AND THE CHURCH From time to time I have responded to the number of articles about how the Millennial generation is leaving the church. My sense is that they may have been doing quite the … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/5/15. THE FRIGHTFUL MISUSE OF THE TERM: EVANGELICAL I am continually appalled at how frightfully so many journalists and pundits seem to mindlessly misuse use the term evangelical Christians to tar everything that comes out of a certain provincial … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/1/15. IS A CHRISTIAN NATION A MYTH? In the light of recent SCOTUS decisions, and many other events in the news, there have been all kinds of embarrassing rhetorical outbursts from well-meaning advocates about this being a ‘Christian nation’ … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/28/15. DOES SILICON VALLEY HAVE SOMETHING TO TEACH THE CHURCH? It’s fascinating to read about those young guys in the Silicon Valley syndrome, who have initiated those incredibly successful companies that have altered the whole landscape of our lives. … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/24/15. CONVERSATION, HOSPITALITY, AND RACIAL RECONCILIATION The horrific shooting in the Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston last week has brought the issue of racial reconciliation before us, full-screen, as a nation. We have heard a lot of speeches, … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/21/15. NOW HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF “SAFE SPIRITUALITY” In the light of the recently released Papal Encyclical on global warming, a prominent presidential candidate, and Roman Catholic himself, is reported widely to have said: I don’t get economic policy … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/14/15. WHY DO ‘ALIENS AND EXILES’ NEED OFFICIAL APPROVAL? Here’s a question for which there is no simple answer, but which any Christian community will need to face up to: Why does any such community, which the Apostle Peter … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/10/15. JUST WHERE DID ‘CLERGY’ COME FROM? That may sound like a weird question coming out of a guy who has been designated ‘clergy’ for sixty years, . . . but honestly, I don’t find such a designation anywhere … Continue reading →