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, …

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.” …

When noting an inconsistency between an ideology poorly branded as “Christian” and Jesus’ actual teachings, one can expect a familiar, defensive two-word rebuke:  “Judge not!”  Those words are extracted from …

Here is some widely known but often suppressed unvarnished and verifiable truth:  White Americanized evangelicals, more than any other subgroup, empower and accommodate an overtly corrupt, vulgar and vicious national …

“You really stepped on my toes today, preacher.”  It takes a certain vintage and denominational heritage to recognize those words.  They would be uttered by a departing worshipper to the …