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 […]
Who Comes in the Name of the Lord?
God does not like death
John 11 11:1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 11:2 Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and […]
Where is God found in the Coronavirus pandemic?
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;[a] 3 he restores my soul.[b] He leads me […]
Jesus was from a poor refugee family
Today I join millions around the world in celebrating the arrival of divinity on earth, who came into this world not in riches but in poverty, not as a citizen but as […]
Peace on Earth this Christmas
Dear God, in this season of joy and gladness, we are thankful for your goodness to us, especially for the coming of the Christ child who is the Prince of Peace. […]
Trust Your Intutions
A survey was done with members of the Metropolitan Community Church, a largely LGBT denomination. One of the questions posed was whether it was in the Metropolitan Community Church that the heard […]
Peace on Earth this Advent
Isaiah 11:1-10 11:6 The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall […]
Trans Kids and Other Moral Panics
Buzzfeed writes Two Parents’ Legal Battle Over Whether Their 7-Year-Old Is Transgender Has Drawn A Child Services Review. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is reviewing “possible child abuse” allegations […]
The Institute on Religion and Democracy and Me
The first and only chance I had to meet Mark Tooley in person, the now president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy, was in 1994. I was a college student […]
My Mother is the Docent in Robert Kirby’s Column: Here is What Actually Happened
The following is from an email my mother sent out on February 21, 2019 to her children, grandchildren, and some close family friends: We had quite a scene at the Beehive […]
The Left and Christianity
The religious right has a narrative and there has been a lot of ink spilled in the last week or so to promote it. The short if it comes from Rod Dreher […]
Christian Love and LGBT Folks
When I see critics respond to a Christian by telling them that they’re a bigot because of their loving beliefs, they’re telling that Christian he’s a liar – David French I think this is […]
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