Clean Palms
I hope everyone’s had a safe Clean-Palm Sunday!
Secular Jesus Speaks
Continuing the Secular Jesus* Series … *Why Secular Jesus? The “Spiritual Jesus,” exalted Lord, Savior, Son of God, is the object of belief for millions. But is that really who…
Meet Secular Jesus
I might have looked like this. . .or maybe not Secular Jesus B.C. (Before Church/Christianity) Born in Palestine of teenage parents (legends aside) About 18 “dark” years when, IF he…
Ingersoll’s Religion of Reason
In this short “meditation” published in the North American Review, I highlight Robert Green Ingersoll’s sensible suggestions for The Church of the Future “The church says, ‘He that hath ears to…
Join Me in the Joy of Writing
These are hard times for huge numbers of people across the world, and across the street. Physically, emotionally, financially, we’re feeling the pinch. Poorer, weaker and less powerful folks are…
Smallest Predators
A wild thought was stalking me this morning: In the Great (scary) Outdoors, we used to fear the large predators: bears, mountain lions, wolves, sharks We killed most of them…
Viral Churches?
Americans United issued this statement about churches being exempted from closing during the pandemic. Makes sense to me. Very balanced and reasonable. As I told someone: public health “trumps” religious…
Right to Life
I get so weary of yet another bunch of old white guys trying to restrict a woman’s right to make a difficult decision, with her medical professional, what to do…
