Some years ago, I began a strange and wobbly effort to write a book I tentatively called The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jesus Christ. It was, I thought, a catchy title, though not as arresting as ...

Christian seminaries have had a difficult time in the last several decades, as participation in institutional religion in the U.S. has plummeted. They've had to make adjustments in various ways, ...

If, like many Americans today, you are feeling distress and angst about the moral quality of our elected leadership, perhaps you need a model from the recent past to remind you that the United States ...

Some years ago, I began a strange and wobbly effort to write a book I tentatively called The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jesus Christ. It was, I thought, a catchy title, though not as arresting as ...

In this time of rising Christian Nationalism, we Americans need examples of people who can help followers of any and all religious traditions find their common ground and work together for the common ...

When I was in Berkeley, Calif., recently to celebrate my birthday with my wife and two of my three sisters (one couldn't be there, though she alleged she wanted to be), I attended worship at St.

Christian seminaries have had a difficult time in the last several decades, as participation in institutional religion in the U.S. has plummeted. They've had to make adjustments in various ways, ...

As I've done on a few Christmases here on the blog, I'm resurrecting a Christmas story that I wrote for the now-defunct Sunday magazine of The Kansas City Star in 1982. It draws on the characters in a ...