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Stranger As Neighbor in a Promised Land
To print and read a pdf version click here. The Good Samaritan, artist: HeQi Don’t Fence Me In Contrary to the old adage, fences do not necessarily make good neighbors. In our election campaign season...
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Resurrection as Change, Part I
A Brief Reflection on the Observance of Good Friday and Easter A pdf version to print and read is here. “Everything must change, Nothing stays the same. Everyone must change Nothing stays the same. The...
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Resurrection as Change, Part II
The Emmaus Experience of Transformation To read or print this commentary in pdf format click here. To read the commentary, “Resurrection as Change, Part I” can be found here.] “Situated by the River...
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Resurrection as Change, Part III: Deleting “God”
You can read or print a copy of this commentary here. Prefatory Note: “God is a direction.” – Rainer Maria Rilke Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was a German poet whose works contain many “God”...
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Adios, “Dios”– Part I
Saying Goodbye to “God” in Sacred Text A pdf copy to read or print is here. Prologue: What Good is “God”? In a single week recently, a born-and-raised Mancunian (that is, a citizen of Manchester,...
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Moral Imperative vs. Moral Equivalency as a “Religious” Inquiry
A Commentary in the Aftermath of Recent Acts of Violence, Domestic Terrorism & Yet Another Culture War Danté’s Inferno You can read and/or print a pdf version Here. “The hottest places in hell...
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Beyond Dis-belief: The New Frontier
You can read and/or print a pdf copy of this commentary Here. I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. —...
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If I Called Myself a “Christian”
A Call for a New Christology You can read and/or print a pdf copy of this commentary Here. NOTE: An earlier 2-part Words & Ways commentary in 2011 approached the question posed in the title, “What...
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As Legends Go: Conceiving of a Holy Nativity
A pdf copy of this commentary can be read and/or printed here. When I was a boy growing up in mid-nineteenth century Middle America, public Christmas displays were a lot less complicated. Churches...
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Playing Favorites: The Problem with Blessings and Curses
Synopsis: “Have a blest day?” What in this world does that mean? Better luck or good karma, instead of bad?In the ancient world, denoting someone as “blest” was a way of expressing a deity’s special...
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