“There are some people who just make me glad to be alive at the same time as them,” my wife, Hannah, said recently. “Mavis is

I remember the reluctance to put Sunday clothes back on after a restful afternoon. I remember the promise of ice cream after the service. I

Any woman with the gift of teaching and preaching, a grasp of the Bible and ability to speak authoritatively, was a threat to the white

What, from a classic Christian point of view, are Donald Trump’s compulsive vices?

I considered lots of words. I felt called to steer away from productivity, from the false illusion of self-control. What I might need is not

Attacks on scientific agencies and research universities have thrown US science into disarray. The effects will be long-lasting and detrimental to the role of the

Matthew’s infancy narrative suggests that in Jesus deep divisions can be mended. There is hope in Matthew’s message: that the unity of the church can

The Minnesota immigrant communities are making contributions that make our neighborhoods and our nation a better place. You could really benefit from meeting these Ethiopian

The warmth inside right now reminds me of the intimacy of “the second service,” or Sunday night worship, sixty years ago when I was a

Where do poets receive their inspiration? Even the word, inspiration, indicates some infused light from the Spirit.

“MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.”

We should not deny the wonder, and realize that we are saying something about God that we don’t understand when we say that today is