I fear that much of the Christianity that surrounds us assumes our task is to save appearances by protecting God from Job-like anguish. But if God is the God of Jesus Christ, then God does not need our protection. What God demands is not protection, but truth.

I have come to think that the challenge confronting Christians is not that we do not believe what we say, though that can be a problem, but that what we say we believe does not seem to make any difference for either the church or the world.

Civil religion is the attempt to empower religion, not for the good of religion, but for the creation of the citizen.

Never think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.

I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church.

I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work.

It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprise.