"Timothy Kurek, raised within the confines of a strict, conservative Christian denomination in the Bible Belt, Nashville, Tennessee, ...

How do you decide when a cartoon or joke is harmless, or when it hurts people? Of course, the same cartoon can amuse one person, offend anot...

Whose voice will be heard by the parishioners? How true is that voice? How can we listen to one another, and together as the body of ...

There often seems to be an aversion to hearing the stories of others. I'm not referring to hearing the stories of a poor widow in the Su...

"I came late to Christianity," writes Sara Miles, "knocked upside down by a mid-life conversion centered around eating a...

"First published in 1949, Jesus and the Disinherited  is a brilliant and compassionate look at God's work in our lives. As we st...

Hi: Sorry for having less posts lately. This is primarily because the summer family schedule has been very busy and there's been littl...

Here are some key books which I've been reading related to the themes of this blog: Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration...

One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied:...

E. Stanley Jones writes about the centrality of Jesus, and about division and unity. While he is speaking in the context of India in the ear...

Our dogma – what we believe about God and faith – is important. Yet depending on how we believe it and how we prioritize it vis-à-...

What kind of place is your church? What does it feel like? What words come to mind when you think about it? And what do you hope that it wil...

St. Paul's, the church we attend, is at a new point in its life as a parish. Various conversations have been taking place regarding our ...

Not quite the usual theme of this site, but in continuing my experiments at work, I came across Coke's polar bear can and this seeme...

E. Stanley Jones, a missionary to India, tells of this conversation he had with Gandhi. While it is in the context of reaching out to the I...