The Shameless Politics of Tragedy

I have been botheredthis week as Iperused news articles,Twitter, and Facebooktowitness theblatant politicizing of the tragic shooting in Arizona. On Tuesday,I reada piece about the mental and emotional instability of the shooter; as the investigation has unfolded, we have discovered more and more how the young manwas not motivated in any way by political discourse. […]

Mockingbird Monday: Metaphors for an absent God?

In The Mockingbird Parables, I write about the mysterious Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird and use the character as a metaphor for discussing God. He is the great question, the great mystery, the one watching over us, the one who leaves gifts for us in the “oak trees” of our everyday lives if […]

Is Indifference Our Obstacle to True Community?

While revisiting themes of community this week, I have been struck with how misleading it can be to make community thegoal of what we do. I have spent some time reading and thinking about the times in my life that I have felt deeply grounded in a faith community. Curiously, those circumstances rarely have had […]