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.

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

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

Only the one true God can take the risk of ruling by relying on the power of humility and love.

Gentleness is given to those who have learned that God will not have his kingdom triumph through the violence of the world, for such a triumph came through the meekness of a cross.

The courageous have fears that cowards never know.

We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we have created.