Sunday Reflections, May 10 (a day late)
Last week’s reflection ended thusly: God means us to rejoice in this world — to rejoice in His creation — and to love and care for it and those within […]
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Sunday reflections, May 3
Today’s second lesson, 1 John 4:7-21, is a bit repetitive internally, but that which it repeats is probably the best, most concise advice imaginable for those of us who have […]
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Daily Roundup, May 1: Rubio right to oppose Ex-Im Bank; Japan’s prime minister reinforces U.S. friendship; and more…
Marco Rubio Is Right about Ex-Im, by Veronique De Rugy; Conservative House Freedom Caucus Comes Out Against Export-Import Bank, by Melissa Quinn; Shinzo Abe’s Speech to Congress Marks a New […]
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Justice Kennedy and Marriage
With the Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments regarding same sex marriage today (April 28), Justice Anthony Kennedy seems to be in the middle. He’s written arguments on both […]
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Sunday Reflections, April 26
The Psalm today is the familiar 23rd, and the Gospel is John 10:11-18. Both use the comforting image of the good shepherd. When I was growing up in the Episcopal […]
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IRS Monitors Sermons, but Won’t Say Why
Last summer I reported that the IRS had reached a secret agreement with an atheist group to “monitor” the very content of church sermons, with potential tax-penalty consequences. Now it […]
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Sunday Reflections, April 19
Sometimes a week’s chosen readings don’t lend themselves, to my mind, to anything even approaching great insights. Such is the case with today’s readings: Acts 3:12-19 as the first lesson, […]
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Sunday Reflections, April 12
Today’s Gospel, John 20:19-31, tells the familiar story of “Doubting Thomas,” who refused to believe Jesus was risen until he saw Jesus with his own eyes, and felt his nail […]
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Easter Sunday Reflections
I take the reading today not from what is technically an Easter Day reading, but from the Catholic Church’s liturgy for the Easter Vigil held on Saturday night. It seems […]
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WSJ: Scare quotes for “religious freedom,” not for “gay rights”
For the second time in six weeks (the first time was here), I found a Wall Street Journal “news” story so biased as to merit focused condemnation. This time, the […]
