It is a troubling dilemma. They are friends, neighbors, fellow church members and family. Some we’ve known well — or thought we did — for decades. Now we face the …

Many of us have those spiritual punctuation marks in our lives that allow for remembering beyond mere recollection. They serve as points of return, refocus and reorientation. At least they …

We were warned to not go along with the crowd. By the very people we just watched go along with the crowd. Their overwhelming support of a strategic assault on …

Here is a simple and proven three-step guide for politicians seeking the support of hordes of white professing Christians. It is very effective. First, create enemies out of vulnerable people. …

Sunday afternoon gatherings of extended family — and a friend or two who might need a family — had no firm starting time. Factors included the length of the sermon …

Hard yet important questions of faith don’t often surface where they should. In fact, church buildings often provide the safest rooms for elephants to gather incognito.  Ignoring such questions, however, …

A major distraction from following Jesus — the primary calling of the Christian faith, supposedly — is how and how much attention is given to Jesus’ death — with an …