So far I've managed to spend time in more than 30 countries and have visited every U.S. state except for Alaska, Idaho and Montana. I plan to knock Alaska off that list this summer. All of that travel ...

About a month ago I wrote here on the blog about the White Rose student essay contest, sponsored by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. As I've done several times in the past, I served this ...

Christians are in the midst of the Lenten season, which leads, in a few weeks, to the most important day on the church's liturgical calendar, Easter. Without Easter and the resurrection of Jesus of ...

As the world has become more complicated, intertwined, confusing, imponderable and, well, weird in the way that quantum ...

There are many connections between religion and the story of how white European invaders committed physical and cultural genocide against Indigenous people living on the land that became North America ...

As Matthew 5:44 records it, Jesus told his followers to do something wildly countercultural: "But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." But what does it mean to love?

Just over a year ago, I wrote this blog post about how churches deal with people who have special needs, including young people on the autism spectrum. It was based on a half-day program offered by ...

So far I've managed to spend time in more than 30 countries and have visited every U.S. state except for Alaska, Idaho and Montana. I plan to knock Alaska off that list this summer. All of that travel ...

Christians are in the midst of the Lenten season, which leads, in a few weeks, to the most important day on the church's liturgical calendar, Easter. Without Easter and the resurrection of Jesus of ...