A high school classmate of mine died last week.   Now that my classmates and I have entered our mid-50s, the death of a peer, though

Originally published in 2105, here is Scott’s take for the Tuesday of Holy Week. Palm/Passion Sunday kicks off Holy Week every year but mostly we

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A couple of months ago at a conference I was privileged to hear former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.  The conference was aimed chiefly at

In the second year of the presidency of Donald Trump, while Mike Pence was vice-president and while Theresa May led England and Justin Trudeau led