It’s New Year’s Eve and I have no intention of making any resolutions. Not that I am opposed to the idea, but maybe it just seems too artificial. Or too hopeless. Or maybe it is because I feel that I have learned that it is dangerous to equate the accomplishment of goals with success. It goes back to a core…
Lincoln is Risen! (Christianity as Insanity)
Joy Behar, one of the hosts of ABC’s daytime TV talk show “The View,” made quite a stir with a recent statement about the faith of Vice President Mike Pence: “It’s one thing to talk to Jesus. It’s another thing when Jesus talks to you,” Behar said. “That’s called mental illness, if I’m not correct. Hearing voices.” Behar subsequently called…
…as we forgive those who tax us.
I recently heard a message preached on the need to choose forgiveness over fairness. The congregation was asked to take a moment to reflect on whether we had anyone in our lives that we needed to forgive. I was feeling pretty good about my exceptional magnanimity, since no names were coming to mind. As I probed a bit more deeply,…