Columns




Our Cherished Beliefs, 3 February, 2012

Religion in the News, 16 January 1012

Celebrating Mediocrity, 6 January, 2012

Christmas Candles, December 23, 2011

Incivility of Anonymity, 9 December, 2011

Home for Thanksgiving, 25 November, 2011

Armistice Day Opportunity, 11 November, 2011

A Daughter's Wedding, 28 October, 2011

Chores, 14 October, 2011

Money, Money, Money 30 September, 2011

A Curious Decade, 9 September, 2011

Valuing Our Indebtedness, 26 August, 2011

Our Politics of Sticks and Stones, 12 August, 2011

Toward a Theology of Taxes, 29 July, 2011

Revealing Area 51, 22 July, 2011

Ecumenism in Danville, 3 July, 2011

A Salute To Firefighters, 24 June, 2011

Loving Work, 10 June, 2011

Memorial Day Rememberings, 27 May, 2011

Cancer Comments, 13 May, 2011

Parents in Pain, April 29, 2011

It is Good to be King, 15 April, 2011

Safe and Secure Schools, 1 April, 2011

The Mathematics of Guilt, 18 March, 2011

The Belly Test, March 4, 2011

Reframing Homelessness 18 February, 2011

The King's Speech, 4 February, 2011

Glaciers, Applause, and High-beams, 21 January, 2011

Food Fights and Golden Rules, 7 January, 2011

Season for Giving (Up), 23 December, 2010

Orphans in the Storm, 10 December, 2010

Where's God?  26 November, 2010

"Artificial Nothing" 12 November, 2010

Weird Bible Stories, 29 October, 2010

Come Out and Play! 15 October, 2010

Pragmatic Peacemaking, October 1, 2010

Time to Redecorate, September 17, 2010

Paint Store Woes, September 3, 2010

Immigration Front Lines, August 20, 2010

One Nation Under God, 25 June, 2010

Graduation Realities, 11 June, 2010

Graceland, 29 May, 2010

Road Trouble, 7 April, 2010

A Model for Conflict, 2 April, 2010


On the Road Again, 19 March, 2010


Calling All Unicorns, 5 March, 2010


Snow Day Sabbaths, 19 February 2010


Marriage and the State, 5 February, 2010


Religion and Politics, 22 January, 2010


Post-modernity - Whether You Like It Or Not, 8 January 2010

An Authentic Christmas Nativity Scene, 25 December, '09

Where's the Proof of Jesus? - 11 December, 2009


Consuming Kids, 27 November, 2009


The Measure of My Success, 13 November, 2009

What's the Matter with Kids Today?, 30 October, 2009


The Unacceptability of Suicide -- 16 October, 2009


Angel Trees:  Rethinking Christmas -- 2 October, 2009


Gate House, September 16, 2009

Something For Nothing, September 2, 2009


Vending Machine Healthcare, August 21, 2009

Chestless Wonders, August 7, 2009


Today's Big Birthday Boy, July 10, 2009

Teaching to the Gap, June 26, 2009

The March of Folly, June 12, 2009

A Washington DC Vacation, May 29, 2009

A Mother's Day Tale, May 1 2009

A Honduran Opportunity, March 6,2009

The Dog of Donkey Island, March 6, 2009