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“Justice, as it turns out, is the social manifestation of the kingdom [of God].”  That’s a quote from the writings of Sen. Josh Hawley as cited by Dan Zak in a recent NYT piece.  What can it mean?  It depends on how one defines the kingdom of God.  There is an apocalyptic view that defines… Read more

The air is filled with talk of unity.  It’s the theme of a new administration, and the ardent desire of a people exhausted by corrosive divisiveness pitting class against class, region against region, and families against families.  To be sure, the nation has struggled with growing disunity for several decades, but the last four years… Read more

To my subscribers, sorry for the poor editing in the first paragraph. It’s corrected on the site. Can’t speak for the rest of the column.

We’re accustomed to being told there are right ways to do most everything. Anything else is the wrong way. At the same time, we’re told there isn’t one right way but many; however, some ways are more preferred than others. Then we’re told that failing to meet standards of rightness or wrongness can have serious… Read more

When did the Trump presidency begin to fail? I think it began at his inauguration. His speech was delivered in a monotone of acceptable platitudes by a man who neither believed nor understood what he was saying. From then on, we witnessed, a succession of events proclaimed as great achievements, that failed in delivering what… Read more

Like others, I feel compelled to write about the events of this past week, yet am reluctant because it’s difficult to wrap my head around them.  Maybe you feel the same.  As usual, everything revolved around Trump, and it’s impossible to reflect on the week without reflecting on him.  He entered the week as the… Read more