My nephew’s wife, a school nurse in Spokane, Washington, reported decreasing sickness before corona closed her school. She surmised: “Students…
It’s a little ridiculous how excited I am that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is back on TV after an eight year hiatus. If you aren’t familiar…
It had been irksome since the moment we signed the papers on the house. Amateurishly done by an unknown previous homeowner, the 15-foot long, …
We’re about a week and a half into Lent, the church’s 40-day solemn preparation for Easter. Like baseball’s spring training, it’s designed to …
In a recent Hallmark movie, a father reveals to his daughter’s prospective fiancé that she “shines” in his presence. What a compliment! Let’s …
Are you ready to give up caffeine for 40 days? What about your social media accounts? While giving up those things may seem hard for you, Chri…
One of my favorite sutras is “Advice to Venerable Rahula.” Rahula was the Buddha’s son, his only child, and he had joined the monastic sangha …
Let’s begin this month’s column with an essay question. What does Donald Trump have to do with Queen Esther, King David, and Cyrus the Great?
“The Crown,” Netflix’s on-going drama about Queen Elizabeth, tells the story of the 1966 Aberfan coal mine tragedy. Her Majesty visited this W…
During these dark winter days when the church celebrates Epiphany, I‘ve been thinking about mental illness and the verse from John 1:5 which s…
Politics and religion, they say, don’t mix. Don’t tell Jesus. Or Moses. Or Jim Wallis of Sojourners. His new book, “Christ in Crisis: Why We N…
After Jesus healed the blind and the lame (!!!), (Mt 21:15ff) “when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had don…
Nativity scenes showing the birth of baby Jesus first originated in the small Italian town of Greccio. Today, some such scenes have taken a po…
This past year, I took the opportunity to write a book on one of my favorite religious holiday traditions — Chrismons and the Chrismon tree.
At age 7, I stood with Grandpa on the basement steps of his farm house. The basement was our “safe place.” In the distance, torpedoing across …
Black Friday, which has become the semi-official beginning of the Christmas season, is behind us. Not being much of a shopper I had totally fo…
With the holiday season under way, charitable donations are on the rise. But how do organizations use their funds?
In this column, we regularly look at word origins. The often-trustworthy dictionary tells us that “moral” comes from Latin “mos” -- "one's dis…
Recently, I checked off a bucket list item by summiting the nose of the Sleeping Giant while on a guided hike. It was the most physically and …
This month’s column is a miscellany at the intersection of religion and society, plus a personal poem. Hopefully these things will stimulate y…
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Jesus compels godly allegiance – teaching us to pray (Matthew 6:10): “Your kingdom come; your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Late…
A haunting melody runs through my mind, “ Return again, return again, return to the land of your soul. Return to who you are, return to what y…
These are challenging days in which to be a person of faith. And by “person of faith” I mean anyone who seeks to bring their life into alignme…
Alienation of affection laws, sometimes known as "homewrecker" laws, allow the spouse to sue another person for "purposefully interfering with…
Hardscrabble homesteaders, loggers and miners wrestled harsh Montana. Similarly, author Arthur Miller (1915 -2005) has character Uncle Ben war…
“...the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations....” Revelation 22:2b
When I was still in grade school, about fifth or sixth grade, I began exploring the roots and horizons of my religious/spiritual experience wi…
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