One of my favorite Christmas carols implores us to share the news of the miraculous birth of Jesus, “over the hills and ...

I've been defriended twice on Facebook since joining last fall. Both times over Jesus - more or less. The first defriending came as no surprise, except that it was my first. The first is always a ...

I remember a breakfast conversation with a member of Congress in Washington in 2017 about the relationship between faith and politics. He asked, with deep puzzlement in his eyes, how so many ...

Churches are taking shortcuts with Jesus, when they should be taking the road less traveled. Mainstream Christianity, and their conservative evangelical brethren, have lost a grip on the language and ...

Greetings, everyone. Easter weekend is here and billions of Christians from around the world are taking time to reflect on the death and to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Recently, a friend of ...

Yes, Bernie Sanders is Jewish. But he has shown about as much devotion to organized religion as he has to the political establishment. In the unfolding drama of the battle for the White House, he is ...

It’s the central question of the Gospel for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. It’s the central question of the Gospel, period. If you look at the Gospel of Mark, it’s right there in Chapter 8, smack ...

Our neighbor George recently attended an Advent/Christmas workshop sponsored by a local congregation. He said it was interesting because the first thing they discussed was “what does the term ...

(UNDATED) I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen such an explosion of public interest in Jesus _ from a variety of angles old and new (some would say odd). Whether this fascination simply means that Dan Brown ...