May 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is where my thoughts go on Mother’s Day. I have had a life full of adventure and milestones that should satisfy most people. I have loved and been loved well, and my cup is full. But the thing that I think is the most amazing, that rises in me over and over when...
May 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dr. Chris Green Today's lectionary includes Acts 7:55-60, the story of Stephen’s stoning. And as Phil Harris pointed out to me, it has so much to say to us about what it means to be witnesses to, participants in, and victims of violence—in particular, the violence...
May 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Whether it is the current pandemic or a tsunami or something far more local like a car accident or a fatality from cancer, it seems these are the occasions in which a certain set of usual suspects emerge, whether online or to a downcast auditorium (more the former it...
May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
In a warm and friendly online fan group for David Bentley Hart, one member recently asked two questions from a friend: If everyone will be reconciled to God after death, why is suicide not an intelligent option to avoid all of the heartache and misery of this life? If...
Apr 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
You and I are on a journey. A journey requires a person, space or spaces, and duration of time. Except that the internet has diminished our need for two out of three of those requirements. We no longer feel the need of space and time. We can "be there" at a...
