• Please stop saying “The Science”

    Please stop saying “The Science”

    When your child asks why she should brush her teeth, do we ever simply say “because the science says to”? Of course not. That’s ridiculous. While your kid is really trying to get out of brushing her teeth, she is also doing so because she doesn’t have any context for oral health. She hasn’t seen…

  • Beyond the Spectacle

    Beyond the Spectacle

    The Pentecost invites us to be part of something bigger. An invitation which continues to be revolutionary.

  • Cascading Responsibility

    Cascading Responsibility

    After the virus itself, the most devastating contagion was a particular kind of leadership failure: not taking our responsibility.

  • Those Holy Geese

    Those Holy Geese

    For SundayPentecost Collect O God, who on this day taught the hearts of your faithful people by sending to them the light of your Holy Spirit: Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,…

  • The Truth Is We All Wear Masks

    The Truth Is We All Wear Masks

    None of us likes wearing masks. We wear them for utility. Their primary function is to protect us and those around us. They also have other functions. And one of those functions is that it sends a signal. Yes, it signals a way of seeing the world. But that view isn’t generally based in partisanship…

  • A right to exist is shared by Israelis and Palestinians

    A right to exist is shared by Israelis and Palestinians

    We all support human rights in theory. But we often mistake what true equality and human rights require of us.

  • Jesus prayed for his disciples.

    Jesus prayed for his disciples.

    In a time of confusion and conflict, the disciples need help. We need help. And Jesus prays for us because we need it.

  • Jesus is more than the resurrection

    Jesus is more than the resurrection

    The one thing people know about Jesus is that he died and then came back. One minute he became dead. Then he wasn’t. Christians throughout history have made a big thing out of this. I mean, it is a pretty awesome story. But I think, in a sense, we’ve overstated it. We act like the…