I've been defriended twice on Facebook since joining last fall. Both times over Jesus - more or less. The first defriending came as no surprise, except that it was my first. The first is always a ...

Greetings, everyone. Easter weekend is here and billions of Christians from around the world are taking time to reflect on the death and to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Recently, a friend of ...

One of my favorite stories in the Gospels is about a storm. Jesus had just finished feeding thousands of people near the Sea of Galilee by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fish. He told his ...

Our neighbor George recently attended an Advent/Christmas workshop sponsored by a local congregation. He said it was interesting because the first thing they discussed was “what does the term ...

Churches are taking shortcuts with Jesus, when they should be taking the road less traveled. Mainstream Christianity, and their conservative evangelical brethren, have lost a grip on the language and ...

It’s the central question of the Gospel for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time. It’s the central question of the Gospel, period. If you look at the Gospel of Mark, it’s right there in Chapter 8, smack ...

Yes, Bernie Sanders is Jewish. But he has shown about as much devotion to organized religion as he has to the political establishment. In the unfolding drama of the battle for the White House, he is ...

(UNDATED) I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen such an explosion of public interest in Jesus _ from a variety of angles old and new (some would say odd). Whether this fascination simply means that Dan Brown ...

This is the latest installment in my occasional series of conversations about Christianity. Previously, I’ve spoken with the Rev. Timothy Keller, Jimmy Carter and Cardinal Joseph Tobin. Here’s my ...

In the wake of the recent mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, and the ongoing plague of gun violence that costs more than 100 lives a day in America, I have been reminded of the Bible verse that ...