Silence
It is where I find you today Most days It was Mary’s response to the clamor and pain Of Advent night It was the end of Elijah’s journey...
Trump and the destruction of the Jewish State
In the days following the election of Donald Trump, there was a post from a fundamentalist pastor who I went to high school with who...
Why Did Good People Vote for a Walking Phallic Symbol?
It is an interesting question and I am writing a longer piece on this, as well as it will be subject of a future podcast episode. But...
The Day After
It is a dreary day in Buck's County and for many of us the weather is a perfect match for the state of our country and future. Many...
Rebirth
Reshaping life! People who can say that have never understood a thing about life—they have never felt its breath, its heartbeat—however...
The Desert of Religion
You cannot go around a desert Christian Wiman America is in the midst of a fairly significant anti-establishment phase effecting...
I Don't Know How To Love Him Either
Rabbi Donniel Hartman has just published a book entitled Putting God Second-How to save religion from itself (Beacon Press, 2016). One...
re-de-Constructing the Kingdom
“But Jesus answered them, You give them something to eat.” Mark 6:37 Most of us at one time or another has been assigned a job that...
Sacred Verse for a Summer's Night
For Joe...... Ashes to the river you loved toasting moonshine to your smile Tears and laughter and the mountains witness Our sudden...
Confederates in the Church Attic: How the debate about the Confederate Flag is an analogy for Contem
The past had poisoned the present and the present, in turn, now poisoned remembrance of things past. ― Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the...
