Triple dipping

Smart phone apps can be a boon or a boondoggle, depending on whether they promote productivity (thereby saving time), or goofing off (thereby wasting the same). I don’t want to suggest that game playing can never be worthwhile, but anyone who has dabbled in...

One great park; two great opportunities

NURTURING FAITH EXPERIENCE: GLACIER, MONTANA August 5-11, 2017     August 12-19, 2017 GLACIER NATIONAL PARK in Northern Montana is the destination for TWO Nurturing Faith Experiences set for August 2017. These two experiences have similarities as well as somewhat...

Why This Election Brings Out the Worst in Christians

The lack of civility in U.S. public conversation has increased in recent years, and the current presidential election is making it even worse. Far too much of what I hear and see expressed in conversations between people who disagree on various topics is rude, vulgar...

Should the Poor Seek Justice and Liberation? Part 2

The Bible places responsibility for social justice on society as a whole. Yet the poor and marginalized should not remain passive, they need to exercise the rights already given to them and to continue pursuing a more perfect justice in society. But can they do this...

Should Pastors Endorse Presidential Candidates?

Less than 10 percent of registered voters in the U.S. voted for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the primary process – and the same is true for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. By comparison, you can pick just about any random,...

Should the Poor Seek Justice and Liberation? Part 1

I have been intrigued that nowhere in Scripture does God encourage or exhort the poor to seek justice. Throughout the Bible, the responsibility for social justice and care for the poor and those on the margins of life is on society as a whole, on every individual....