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Christianity does not belong to, nor is it the possession of, any country, culture, ethnicity, or place. Nor does Christianity give its endorsement to any. Efforts to capture Christianity as the brand of a nation or culture are an abomination to God and an offense to everything for which the death and resurrection of Jesus… Read more

A few weeks away for rest and contemplation can be restorative like nothing else. Time away provides the opportunity to decompress—to allow the craziness of the world to pass by unnoticed for a few days so we can return with a fresh, uncluttered mind ready to take on the tasks ahead. Unfortunately, it does not… Read more

Dear readers, I am going to take a couple of weeks off and will return in the second week of March. In the meantime, here is something to think about. The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a game demonstrating the difficulty of reconciling self-interest with the common good. I imagine most readers are familiar with it. In… Read more

Presidents’ Day 2026. I wonder how the “dear leader” will encourage us to observe it. Perhaps he will suggest that Trump be added alongside Washington and Lincoln. After all, he has claimed to be more patriotic than Washington and to have done more for Black citizens than Lincoln. That bizarre fantasy aside, how will the… Read more

Every year at this time I, along with many others, feel compelled to write about the sin of antisemitism which has soiled our Christian faith for far too long. The season of Lent is meant to be a time of self-examination and repentance. Yet it has too often been used by some Christians as an… Read more

The Trump administration has announced it will no longer enforce environmental laws and regulations related to greenhouse gases. It is a destructively foolish move that threatens the health and welfare of all living creatures and illustrates contempt for our sacred duty to be good stewards of creation. With that in mind, it is worthwhile to… Read more