Scot Loyd wrote a provocative piece It Seems Good to the Holy Ghost: A Defense of Progressive Christianity here on Faith on View. A reader who I know in real life asked a good question …
Social media is fraught with challenges, not the least of which is racism. I admit that over the last few years, I have become less active on social media—part of the reason is the growth …
A couple of years ago, a meme started to float around in what I think of as my Internet circles that wasn’t so much a joke as it was an expression of despair. It was …
One of the unfortunate consequences of growing up as a small, skinny kid with little to no athletic talents, is that I was always picked last when participating in playground games. This happened enough that …
Let’s face it, it is absolutely impossible for us to understand an eternal transcendent God and his domain. It is far beyond our comprehension. So, we often use metaphors to make the incomprehensible accessible to …
If I could pick my pastor, I imagine they would be—compassionate, bold, and unapologetically challenging the status quo. Picture a shepherd for the marginalized, embodying the very essence of love and activism. A leader transcending …
“Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night: God said, Let Newton be! And all was light.” Alexander Pope’s epitaph for the renowned English philosopher and mathematician did not make it to his tomb in …
Aesthetics and Theology A year ago, I had the joy of reading Aesthetics in a redwood forest in the hills near Santa Cruz. It was a great way to pass the time as my wife …
A Complicity I Can No Longer Ignore I am convinced there is a concerted effort to move this nation backward, and I have been complicit. Let me explain what I mean by this. First, this …
Born in 1953, I was raised in northern New Jersey. Both my parents are Jewish—not religious Jews, but culturally very much so. So I grew up not thinking much about God, but a lot about …