August 2010

I picked up a book recently by Walter Wink, one of my preferred theologians when it comes to putting action behind the rhetoric of faith. I have yet to read anything by Wink that has not rocked my world and caused me to re-evaluate pretty much everything from my beliefs to the way I express them in daily life.

July 2010

My wife, Amy, and I were driving southbound on Interstate 25 recently when a figure ran across the road, right at the edge of one of the overpasses near downtown Pueblo. Though my first instinct was to slam on the brakes, I slowed down enough to notice it was a police officer whose car was parked on the other side of the highway.

May 2010

It seems almost a cliché to write about religious sexual abuse scandals in a faith-oriented column, but sometimes news stories simply demand a response.

April 2010

 

Are you the same God I grew up with,

The fire and brimstone guy,

With Santa Claus beard,

Who keeps a big book up there on that throne

With my name on it,