APOSTASY! Could it be for you?
There are peculiar stories/myths about the great philosopher Baruch Spinoza leaving Judaism. Instead of simply drifting away, he respected the tradition enough to participate in a ceremony that removed him…
A Moment of Recognition
Several weeks ago I caught the tail end of a discussion with Kevin Wright on The Story, a nationally syndicated talk show that usually airs on public radio stations. As…
150 Years and Still Evolving
We cannot allow this profound anniversary to pass without comment. This month marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, a book that…
Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Warren..!
This year for Christmas we decided to leave the less than cozy confines of Montreal in order to head south to visit family in Kentucky and Texas. Given the ease…
Dinosaurs in the Nativity!
Is there anything new to be said about Christmas? I'm not the only one asking this question this week. Trust me; your ministers are desperately seeking an answer to this…
Post-Election Lessons for Liberal Evangelicals
I walk down my front stairs, do some quick stretches, and then start my warm-up walk. Over the last few months this has been my opportunity to scroll through my…
Evangelicals, Palin and Politics
With the 2008 election just around the corner Evangelicals are wrestling with many issues, but the very fact that we are wrestling with issues and thinking seriously about candidates is…
Bill Maher’s Religulous: I can’t get over it.
Just saw Religulous... ok, I admit that I laughed. To say otherwise would be like Clinton claiming to have smoked it but not inhaled. I laughed a bunch because frankly…
Horse Manure, Ice Cream, and Pulpit Endorsements
Matthew 7: 9-11 "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If…
Oddity of the Month: Conservative Evangelicals Want Catholic Politicians to be More Catholic
Senator and current VP nominee Joseph Biden is supposed to be helping Senator and Presidential nominee Barack Obama with the Catholic vote, except Biden has a Catholic problem. Speaker Nancy…