I suddenly recognized a face I couldn’t quite put my finger on (this is a metaphor, by the way). My congregation has been having a Sunday morning coffee hour via Zoom, and this past week someone … [Read more...]
Power
It was an early morning COVID-world walk, just me and my six-year old dog with terminal puppiness. The aim was to relieve her bodily needs and empty my log-jammed mind. Coming from the railroad … [Read more...]
A Brief Case for the Tree to Replace the Cross as our Symbol of Christianity
Some Observations in the Time of Pandemic
Here we are in a strange warp, suddenly hyper-aware of how connected we are at the very moment we have been driven into isolation. To those of us who gather around the prophet Jesus and the example of … [Read more...]
Hobos, Immigrants, and Covid-19, Oh No!
When I was a child growing up in Muncie, Indiana, we lived across the street from some college dormitories and a very large Presbyterian church. Behind those buildings were acres and acres of … [Read more...]
A word to leaders of churches about preparing for the future
This is a reprint of an article that appears in Episcopal Cafe (3/8/20). … [Read more...]
“Binary: Relating to, composed of, or involving two things”
When will we step out from the shadow of our Cold War past? The dust up over Bernie Sanders’ praise of the Cuban literacy program ran afoul of the rigid binary Cold War myth-machine that “we” are all … [Read more...]
“‘Uniquely Urban’ Small Town”
“Uniquely urban,” is Geneva’s chiseled identity, a proclamation to the world about its character and soul. Discover Upstate NY adds “small town” to the descriptor – “Geneva, the ‘uniquely urban’ small … [Read more...]
A word about “spiritual not religious”
Psst, you there, can I have a word? I’m talking to you, Ms. and Mr. ‘spiritual-not-religious.’” I know you think that everyone who participates in church, synagogue, mosque, or temple sees the … [Read more...]
Action, Surrender, and Single Malt
“Dear Cam…” I received this email from a long-time friend in the Mid-West last week, after it was revealed Republican Senators would not call witnesses. “I am growing weary of being worried. Most … [Read more...]
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