Apparently, The New York Times editors have decided that religion needs more coverage. A box within a recent religion story said, “The New York Times is exploring how people believe now. We look at

Below is a post I wrote a few years ago about the stories told in the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter. If one is at all open minded, it’s obvious that these events cannot be taken as straight forward histo...

Starting in the 3rd century CE, early Christians (lay and clergy, mostly men but some women) began moving out of the Roman empire’s urban areas and into the deserts and wilderness spaces of Egypt and the Near East. They lived alone or i...

This post is a follow-up to my 3-part series on “saving Jesus” (which begins here). Coincidentally, a major new book on the ...

Has my bishop been reading my blog posts? I could have thought that if I was paranoid (or thought way too highly of myself) after I saw her latest column in my denomination’s (ELCA) magazine.