Pastel Dreams and Apartheid
Desmond Tutu has a little children’s book called God’s Dream.[1] In soft pastel paintings of kids from all nations, we discover that God dreams about people sharing and caring, “that […]
Category Archives: Making a Difference
Transforming Christian Faith
In mid-May the Pew Research Center released the finding from its 2014 Religious Landscape Study. The results themselves were not surprising: fewer Americans are identifying with religious groups, particularly Christianity […]
Itching ears
Itching ears is an old expression, denoting the desire to hear what we want to hear, to hear ethical and practical teachings that suit us, that affirm our goals, desires, […]
Race Riots and Religion in America
Very few weeks go by in the United States without a major headline featuring a story about race. Whether it’s the events in Ferguson, riots in Baltimore, or disputes over […]
Reading, Identification, and Vocation
It was the intervention of Caesar Augustus which, one day long ago, saved one of the most celebrated narratives of ancient history. Virgil’s last wish was to burn his epic […]
Power Reveals
In February 1st, 1933, two days after Hitler’s election as chancellor of Germany, a young theologian gave a radio address on the theme of leadership in Berlin. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was […]
And then, what?
“Eat your vegetables”, parents will often advise their children at the table. A few years ago, however, the common advice in Europe was very different: “Be careful with raw vegetables.” An […]
Old Wisdom Meets New Trends for Faith and Families
The latest findings from the Pew Forum show that religious attendance and affiliation have continued to drop over the last three decades in the United States, a nation long considered […]
Can you imagine?
What is the world coming to? Where is it headed? Will it last another millennium? Will there be nuclear war? A global ‘Armageddon’? What are we working for? Fighting for? […]
Why didn’t Mars Hill survive?
A new, curious question has been haunting me at the beginning of this year: how can my work defeat death? How can the things I’m working so hard to build […]
Wondering Fair 