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Pastoring during the holidays
It's become a cliche in pastor circles. How hard the holidays are.
Sometimes cliches can make the reality rather than represent it, but in
this case, I do think the holidays are particularly challenging for most
pastors.
God enters history; renewed covenants promise salvation
Jesus Christ revitalizes,
personalizes and universalizes God's covenants with the people of Israel.
What war does to warriors
Karl Marlantes's new book is not fiction, but it develops the idea of his novel Matterhorn: that war provides a
sense of transcendence that can be found nowhere else.
Scorched earth
How is it possible to read the first chapter of the Bible and not be an environmentalist?
The reason for the season?
Several years ago I received from a parishioner a "Jesus Is the Reason for the Season" cookie tin. Every time I reached for a piece of Doris's divinity, I had to read that cheery-angry motto of Christian moralism.
Other people's freedom
When conflicts come up between religious beliefs and the law, religious progressives should support certain religious exemptions--even if they disagree with the beliefs in question.