My friend Spencer Burke started what he called Monotation. One word meditation/reflection on a photo. Looking back through my photos of our trip to the Talamena Drive in Southeast Oklahoma spurred a bit of reflection/meditation. Rather than explain what I see, I will simply give the photo a title … Continue reading
Read More
Could it be decades, or more, of talking only about that for which we look for after this life cheapens the gift of life itself? I think so.
Yesterday I noted how Phyllis Tickle viewed the Christian handling of slavery, and segregation, to be its own assault on Inerrancy. … Continue reading
Read More
Here are three posts I found compelling over the past week while taking a break from writing here. What are your thoughts? And please, let’s discuss the content of the article and not our opinions about the authors.
The Debacle that is the movie version of The Hobbit
Read More
You should pay attention to Anthony Smith. Several years ago I helped coordinate a facilitated interview with Anthony for a group of students. He inspired me to pick up a copy of the Baldwin: Collected Essays. I thought you may need to be encouraged to hope for … Continue reading
Read More
Natural Anger, Natural Fear – Boston and Beyond
Religion writer Paul Raushenbush called on religious language to spark readers to think carefully about how anger may overtake us. Demonic anger, he writes,
… Continue reading Read More