Hitting bottom is not a place, it is a metaphor. One of the gifts of the Twelve Steps of AA, is the black letter clarity they give to something that is otherwise full of confusion, weirdness, and … [Read more...]
Knowing
Creed. Belief. Faith. Creed comes directly from the Latin word, Credo. Credo, in Latin, means literally, “I believe.” So any time we say an affirmation of faith like the Nicene or Apostle’s … [Read more...]
Critical Thinking
“HONG KONG — They are sitting in orderly rows, wearing neatly pressed uniforms. But in this class, as they debate the merits of democracy and civil rights, Hong Kong high school students are … [Read more...]
Hope: Work For It
This is about hope. It is about hope in hard times when hope is hard work even for people who are by nature optimistic. It begins with a man and a story we might imagine has absolutely … [Read more...]
My Dog
This post first appeared as a weekly column in The Finger Lakes Times (NY) With all the low-hanging fruit this week, it is tempting to gesticulate wildly about the imposter in the White House and … [Read more...]
Risky Business
That story from the Gospel of Luke seems very confusing. The problem is that Luke has added a bunch of independent sayings to Jesus’ original parable, and in the editing and interpretive … [Read more...]
The Enemy
If you read this column even occasionally, then you know my affinity for beholding trees, birds, water, the seasons, and discovering in the minutiae of relationships between them, some unexpected … [Read more...]
The End
I have a divided mind. I am going to describe it to you – metaphorically, it is a kind of Jeremiah/Jesus split. My first mind is not unlike Jeremiah’s rant we heard today, or that amazing and … [Read more...]
Pete and Joe
On a recent edition of the news-commentary show, “Morning Joe,” Joe Scarborough aggressively pressed presidential candidate, Pete Buttigieg, to say if he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and … [Read more...]
We Are The Known Not The Knower
In that passage from Luke this morning, Jesus drives us off the ledge like Thelma and Louise. He’s taking no prisoners and he clearly does not care what we think about his declaration. “Hate … [Read more...]
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