A momentous thing happened yesterday. Significantly breaking from the foreign policy of the last eight years, President Obama signed an executive order calling for the closing of the prison at Gitmo, the secret CIA prisons peppered around the world, and calling for an end to torturous interrogation tactics used for the past several years under … Continue reading “A Step in the Right Direction”

Wow, what a day! Watching Barack Obama take the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States was breathtaking. I have to admit, any time a new president takes office there is an air of excitement (that is, when there haven’t been law suits and hanging chads and other such clouds of … Continue reading “The Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States”

I am reading Mark Yaconelli’s latest book, Downtime: Helping Teenagers Pray. As I read it I am struck at how appropriate the concept of “downtime” is to not just kids, but adults. When Mark writes about downtime, it’s not about vegging in front of the TV or blowing brain cells on video games. He’s writing … Continue reading “Downtime”

It’s fitting at the start of a new year to start a new blog, don’t you think? I hope to offer here, for others’ amusement, reflection, and (hopefully) encouragement insights, noticings, and, of course, my favorite: questions about faith, issues and the world. Lately, I’ve been reflecting a lot on what it means to “think … Continue reading “Thinking Theologically”