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Good Friday

I envy monastics–sometimes. I envy their intent to zero in on the Christian faith, to delete every iota of worldly pain and pleasure from hearts

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Tell Me the Story

Soup Kitchen I crave Tuesdays. I extend my hand to the man whose skin is colder than mine and dirtier than mine. His hands rough;

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Punish No More

Since this post will appear early in Holy Week 2012, my thoughts have turned toward questions of the meaning of Jesus’ sacrifice.   In a seminary

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There Will Be Blood

One Good Friday I heard an NPR caller say something to the effect that she could never accept Christianity because it was based on a

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“What the….?”

“You sure as hell can’t talk about hell unless you use the word hell.”  Thus saith Bart Simpson (or something like it) in the car,

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The Geography of Faith

I teach broad surveys of religious history, so I have to pay a lot of attention to the frame and flow of the narrative. Unless

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