It’s not easy holding a serious conversation on the sidewalk by a busy street, but that’s where we were standing. The young preacher approache…
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Some Narnia fans are up in arms about Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of ‘The Magician’s Nephew,’ directed by Greta Gerwig.
Like many ministers, I once stood behind a high pulpit on Sunday morning, looking down on a congregation of eager listeners. How “eager” I’m n…
Observing a leaf-green mantis near the window I could tell by the way its head turned it was observing me as well. As far as I could tell it w…
Now, back to the question, “How do you get from atoms to self-consciousness?” How do you get from the atomic chemistry in your brain to a ment…
I’m not a wallpaper kind of person, but one of our rooms is covered with wallpaper with a leaf design. The pattern has faded over the years, b…
Raised in a Protestant Christian tradition that values the historic creeds of the Church, I learned from an early age to respect and repeat th…
It’s a challenging time to be raising children. Education is under assault from several angles, kids are glued to their devices, parents are s…
On a bright summer Sunday morning, I was invited to speak in a synagogue on the rather dark subject of Christian Nationalism. Having lectured …
In classes I teach on Freethought and Religion, I often startle students with the factual claim that Christians are atheists. This isn’t some …