by Paul Lewis | Oct 3, 2024 | Faith and Democracy, Feature-, Opinion
Many Christians feel like the sky is falling. For some, what is falling is a Christian America. For others, it is a democratic America. Either way, we experience anxiety. Might Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, who lived in the 4th century, offer some insight into how to...
by Paul Lewis | Sep 11, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
Leadership season is open. We will soon elect a president of the United States and other national, state and local government officials. At this time of year, church nominating committees typically start preparing a list of church leaders to be elected. Such times...
by Paul Lewis | Jun 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Robert Sellers writes that one thing unites the world’s religions: their ethical teachings. He shows how they share commitments to compassion, the Golden Rule, interdependence and so on. I tend to agree but want to probe further. Is there something that grounds these...
by Paul Lewis | Apr 12, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I had to ground some of the outlets in the first house we bought. It was dirty work. The process required entering a cramped crawl space that was inhabited by camelback crickets, a species that looked too much like the face-hugger in the movie “Alien” for me to be...
by Paul Lewis | Mar 27, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
The Presbyterian Church USA recently assigned a text for an ordination exam that created an uproar. The text in question was the story, “The Levite’s Concubine,” found in Judges 19. In this story, one that echoes Sodom and Gomorrah, a Levite and his concubine are...
