Faith Matters Seeing things clearly People of faith often use metaphors related to eyesight. We’ve seen the light. We get the gift of new eyes. We see..
Faith Matters Turning our pain toward hope My memories of the first time I taught a weeklong seminar at Ghost Ranch about getting from pain to hope through writing..
Faith Matters Conscientious commenting I knew something fascinating was coming when my friend and co-author, Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn, sent me an e-mail saying, “Gentiles do not..
Faith Matters Inclusive blessings At the end of a line of 14 other persons standing in front of our congregation to profess their faith and become..
Faith Matters Moving things around My congregation may or may not help to create one of the “1001 New Worshiping Communities” the PC(USA) is promoting, but just..
Faith Matters Tell us the old, old stories LIBERTYVILLE, ILL – I was barely in the door of my sister’s house here for a recent visit when she said, “Oh,..
Faith Matters Hymnalology Most of us have heard the possibly apocryphal story of theologian Karl Barth answering a student’s question about the most important thing..
Faith Matters Does Detroit need Presbyterians? In the summer of 2011, I was in downtown Detroit (site of the 2014 General Assembly) for the annual conference of the..
Faith Matters Where to set the bar for membership? I first became a full voting member of a Presbyterian congregation in 1958 through a confirmation class. I thought it was cool..
Faith Matters A safe space for the ‘big God questions’ HORSESHOE BAY, B.C. -- Before lunch arrived at the Olive and Anchor restaurant here, my Presbyterian friend Valarie told me she had “a..