In our transgender friends, there is something more, something surprising to many, but that has been there all along, and is an essential part of

Picture this scene. It’s the late 1980s. My wife and I are co-pastoring a small church in a rural hamlet in upstate New York. We

I don’t remember enough geometry to know if Venn diagrams and tangents are connected in any formal way.

It was tough. We had to leave out a lot. But here’s some that you may want to re-read, or if you missed them the

It is the unvarnished dismissal of ideals like human equality, decency, peace, and respect for life.

A community gives you the energy to come out of your echo chamber or silo or isolation, or whatever image you prefer.

Once more, it’s that time. My collection of observations, oddities, and other tidbits. If one doesn’t do much for you, maybe the next one will. 

Pastoral burnout is hardly breaking news. For years I’ve seen all sorts of troubling data about the high percentage of ministers stepping away from their

Apparently I don’t really know what the word “wooly” means. Dictionaries tell me it means vague and confused.  I’ve always liked the word wooly. I