I first ran into a left critique of the EU when I got to know folks from the Dutch Socialist Party. Like many new or reformed euro communist parties in western Europe they […]
Rebuilding the EU
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Campus minister at United Campus Ministry at MSU Billings and part time religion and philosophy instructor at MSU Billings.
A Gay Christian Response
I came across a Christian open letter to LGBT Americans. While LGBT Americans span the religious spectrum the majority of LGBT Americans are Christian. Something never acknowledged in this piece. In fact, […]
Church Decline: Theirs and Ours
The Institute on Religion and Democracy has a new piece covering a struggling United Church of Christ congregation. A congregation that is on the precipice after giving up its building as well […]
Nominal vs. Convictional Christians
I’m not sure if these two categories came from the Barna group or from Christianity Today. Recent articles have started to use the nominal but Barna’s research into America’s religious landscape used […]
Methodism and Me
I’ve never been a member of the United Methodist Church. I was confirmed in the Presbyterian Church USA and find myself in the Disciples of Christ serving a United Church of Christ congregation. […]
You Have to Believe…
In the piece I’m responding to it’s “You have to believe in the resurrection to be a Christian.” But as you can imagine there are any number of statements that take […]
The Women of Easter
This sermon is titled “The Women of Easter”. And it is partially inspired by the idea from Rita Nakashima Brock when she considered the passion stories as inspired if not written by women. […]
Palm Sunday: The Great Role Reversal
Palm Sunday begins Holy Week for much of the Christian church. Palm Sunday also marks Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It begins the series of stories that will culminate at the cross […]
My Time with the AHA
So I had a chance to participate in a “Reproductive Justice Forum” that was held at the University of Oklahoma earlier this month. But I discovered immediately that it was not […]
Is Trump a Christian?
There has been some debate generated by the response Pope Francis gave to a journalist over Trump’s platform. Here’s the quote: A “person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may […]
The Future of Liberal Christianity
“The liberal church committed suicide when it severed itself from radicalism”says Christopher Hedges in his recent post on the “Suicide of the Liberal Church.” Now he admits “These radicals generally were not […]
A Case for Bernie, Suggestions for Hillary
Though I support Bernie Sanders for president, I thought it would be worthwhile to offer instructions to both camps. Not that the Hillary and Bernie campaign reads this blog. But some of […]
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