If I Were God …

If I Were God …

If I were God, I’d do away with February. We do not need four more weeks of cold, dark weather. There’s no baseball — except for the scheduled, mid-month start of spring training (and only if wealthy owners and wealthy players can agree on how to split a huge pot of...
Why We Need a ‘Christmas Lens’ for 2022

Why We Need a ‘Christmas Lens’ for 2022

Our traditional journey from Christmas to Epiphany and beyond features a transition from looking at decorations to looking through an incarnational lens to see everything else. I hope I don’t outgrow my enjoyment of the lights and other decorations that enhance the...
Avoiding Breaches in Wall of Church-State Separation

Avoiding Breaches in Wall of Church-State Separation

Georgia’s recent election of a prominent pastor to serve in the U.S. Senate has prompted some reflection on our time-honored and carefully maintained principle of the “separation of church and state.” The reported intention of Raphael Warnock to continue to serve as...
Darkness May Illuminate What We Most Need to See

Darkness May Illuminate What We Most Need to See

Most of us have gotten used to a lot of light. Even in what we call darkness, there is usually enough illumination – from street lights sneaking through cracks in the blinds to colorful appliance displays glowing in the home – to find one’s way around the house...