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...
June 18th, 2015
I woke up this morning with the tragic news that nine people were killed last night at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston...
