The Axis of Incompetence

There is an axis of incompetence that runs from New York to Washington, from Wall Street to the White House. All they know how to manage are elections. The administrators, bankers and consultants who, along with the generals and diplomats, handle the affairs of state...

Autism and Easter

She was born perfect. She was born perfect. Second-born child with blonde hair, bright eyes and all the right sounds: “God had smiled on us,” her mother said. Life was good. Halfway through her second year a sinister spirit seeped into the soul of the...

Three Degrees of Separation

In 1893 a preacher came to town and stirred up folks against liquor. In his wake they prohibited church people from drinking, of course, and also from selling any form of alcohol. They went further, refusing membership to those who rent property to a saloon, who...

Bring the Soldiers Home

“Lay all your cards on the table,” I once exhorted my hearers, seeking to enhance their sense of dedication to Jesus. I was a student preacher at the time and my mentor later suggested I avoid sermonic images and illustrations drawn from questionable...

The Power of Public Theology

With similar emotion and energy, we pledge our allegiance to the nation and confess our faith in the one true God. Whether these two loyalties collaborate or collide is a matter of utmost importance and never more so than when a nation is at war. It is therefore a...