“Distant, Authoritative and Never Quite Pleased?”
Due to time restraints caused by my moving out-of-state, Skeptical Faith blogs for the next few weeks will be, as they say in show biz, “encore presentations.” This one was ...
Time, the Tyrant
Looking out our bedroom window, I like watching for wildlife: birds, squirrels, rabbits, the occasional deer and sometimes a rodent or two. I sometimes think about how they are not ...
My Annual Christmas Lament
Christmas is not my favorite time of the year. Don’t get me wrong. I love the idea of celebrating the birth of Jesus. After Easter, Christmas is arguably the most ...
Discerning God’s Presence
I’ve adopted a practice called “Centering Prayer.” My brother, a priest in Kansas City who died in 2008, was an enthusiast and teacher of Centering Prayer but I tried it ...
In the Interest of Fairness
Back in October, I wrote a blog in which I was somewhat critical of evangelical Christians. I quoted an opinion piece in Rolling Stone magazine about Lance Wallnau, an evangelical ...
What We Can Learn from Monks
My college and much of my post-graduate education was provided by Benedictine monks. For those unfamiliar with Christian monasticism, it’s an ancient form of living the gospel through a combination ...