‘Honest to God’ and the Language of Death and Mourning
The language of the prayer book acknowledges the pain and sadness of death. “Out of the deep have I cried unto thee. O Lord, hear my voice.”
Post-exilic Prophets and the Church Today
Serving as a rector in the increasingly secular Northeast, I often feel like I am working in an unstable religious context.
The Pastor and Sober Humility
A rediscovery of humility is in order, if pastors are to maintain the mental, emotional, and spiritual health that allows them to continue faithfully in the ministry.
Karl Barth and Liberation Theology
Why should we read a dead white Swiss man?
5 Lessons from an Interfaith Journey to Israel
This past January I traveled to Israel with a group of 20 clergy. Our group included four rabbis, two imams, two Roman Catholics, and a diverse range of Protestant pastors.
Pray for those who upset you
My plea would not only be for understanding and real human sympathy but also for intercession. I cite Job as a model.
Honor for Lamy of Santa Fe
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy faced conflict and put down stable roots, but died with unfinished visions.
John Calvin on Job: Sermons of a pastor
One of the refreshing parts of Calvin’s approach to Scripture is his existential realism — he has a thorough appreciation of the Pauline doctrine that all are sinners, and so he is not afraid to see the heroes of the Bible as alloyed with sin and weakness alongside their better qualities.