This past Sunday, December 3, marked the first Advent Sunday of the 2017 Christmas season. Advent is the beginning of the liturgical year, this is…
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Islands of Sanity
In October of last year, after watching the second presidential debate, I began posting a nightly gratitude list on Facebook. I didn’t set out to…
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Ecclesia semper reformanda.
Many years ago, shortly after Germany’s reunification, I went on a 10-day trip with my colleagues from my theology department, following Luther’s footsteps. Inevitably, one…
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Come In
Outside the door, lurking in the shadows, is a terrorist. Is that the wrong description? Outside that door, taking shelter in the shadows, is a…
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A Time for Everything
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens… ~Ecclesiastes 3:1~ In the Northern hemisphere, October marks the celebration…
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Cultivating Peace
I offer you Peace. I offer you Love. I offer you Friendship. I see your Beauty. – Gandhi’s Prayer for Peace What if we greeted…
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The Longest War
I remember my history classes, sometime in high school I guess, when we learned about the Hundred Years’ War that opposed France and England between…
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Responding to Charlottesville
I write with Charlottesville on my mind. There is so much to say and I know my words will only scratch the surface, because I’m…
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An Iroquois on the Roof
I am just coming back from a visit to my homeland, Switzerland and I am reminded that today, August 1, marks the Swiss National Holiday…
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Love Is the Only Solution
I recently read an interview with Ilia Delio, OSF, author of 11 books, and “American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, with…