Bees, monarchs and theology
Lotte Möller’s Bees and Their Keepers was a recent gift that I enjoyed consuming. The book was published in Swedish in 2019 with the English translation out the next year. …
Writings
Personal foul
The irrelevance of truth in public life in America was on full display this week. Yet again. One of its clearest examples continues following Sen. Eric Schmitt’s smirking bungling of …
Choosing dread over devotion
During a week of study long ago at the United Theological College of the West Indies a professor from the nearby university in Kingston came over to explain the tenets …
Just run it by Jesus
When preparing to prune a weeping Japanese maple for the first time I turned to the source of all authority — YouTube — for guidance. In the first video, …
Manhood shouldn’t be so tough
In Bozeman, Montana, there is graffiti inscribed on an old grain silo that caused me to smile. In fading white paint it reads: “Bucky Cummings eats sushi with a fork.” …
