10 Years
Celebrating 10 years of marriage with Krista today. I have so much respect and love for this woman and the wisdom, strength, beauty, and gentleness she radiates on a daily […]
Chiaroscuro
For Martin
“Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed at Wittenberg, under the presidency of the Reverend Father Martin […]
Hey White People… Let’s Talk About Racism
(A white guy writing about racism is fraught with the danger of saying something completely asinine. I want to acknowledge that on the front end. I welcome the criticism of anything […]
Why Robin Williams Mattered So Much
I have found it incredibly difficult to shake the death of Robin Williams these last couple of days. It’s had me thinking about depression, suicide, celebrity, my own mortality, and the […]
The Wrong Jesus
So, in successfully rejecting an insipid “hippie, diaper, halo Christ,” we may unintentionally protect and uphold the white supremacist Jesus, the colonial Jesus, the Eurocentric Jesus, the Republican or Democrat […]
pain and presents
Live a day of it and see. Nobody claims that it will be entirely painless, but no matter. Today is your birthday and there are many presents to open. The…
Earth Day 2014 Reflections
When I stepped out of my car in the parking lot at work this morning, I took a deep breath. There was a very light mist in the air and […]
Atheist Sympathizer
I’ve got one more burst on this conversation about doubt and faith to follow up my last post. This all started with an article I recently read at Sojourners in […]
Certain Doubts
In the Fall of 1988, my friend Dave and I were sitting in a large conference hall listening to a man named Bill Gothard as he shared with us and […]
