Category: Theological reflections

  • February 24, 2016
    HELPING JESUS FACE REALITY   Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The…
  • December 2, 2015
    ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Do you believe God is real, personal, and involved in this universe? Do you believe that the…
  • August 28, 2015
    THEOLOGY AND CHURCHES DON'T ALWAYS MESH In the last blog, I explained how churches can become engaged in truthiness or…
  • August 26, 2015
    TRUTHINESS Some lies are so tempting. They are what Stephen Colbert calls truthiness. You want it to be true and…
  • July 3, 2015
    SEVEN WORD REFLECTION Sometimes less is more and fewer words dig deeper. A presbytery can encourage clergy to participate, or…
  • September 26, 2014
    LONELINESS HAS ITS VALUE I have explored some of the toxic features of the loneliness experienced by pastors, but here…
  • September 24, 2014
    A UNIVERSAL LONGING There is something in human nature that yearns to be part of something more. Even if you…
  • September 19, 2014
    AN AGE OF SPLINTERING We live in an age of fractured community. As sociologist Brene' Brown suggests, it is a…
  • July 25, 2014
    SPIRITUALLY HUNGRY BUT DISTRUST INSTITUTIONS The polls all show that the numbers of those who want to be spiritual but…
  • June 27, 2014
    WHERE DO YOU PLACE YOURSELF? Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside the…