Serene Musings

Consider this teaching from Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, found in Matthew 5:43-44 and Luke 6:27: "You have heard that it was said,...

It's been a while since I've written about Christianity, but I'm reading a book right now by a Jewish scholar about understandin...

So I saw this post today by someone on Facebook: I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. He said deny me in front of your friends ...

Having just mentioned him two days ago in my 2014 Reading List (I read two books by him last year), I learned late last night that my favori...

For me, Easter isn't about empty tombs and Jesus's crucified body coming back to life. If you are like many people, that's what ...

Zealot  is the latest in a very long line of books by various religious scholars on the life of the historical Jesus.  Because it receiv...

So A&E has suspended Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson for bashing gays in a recent article in GQ.  I won't quote the whole th...

Many of you know that one of my favorite religious scholars is a retired Episcopalian bishop named John Shelby Spong.  He is one of the lead...

Sounds like a rousing subject, no?  I thought so too. Believe it or not, this has been a major topic of conversation at my place of employ...

Read Part I - Christian Opposition to Gay Marriage: A Constitutional Argument In this first part of this two-part series, we looked at how...

With North Carolina's passage of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, passions have run very high very fast, and I am certain...

If you are a regular and long-time reader of my blog, or if you have purchased my book " Christianity is a Verb ," you will know t...

I've been thinking a lot recently about the theology espoused by Jesus.  Yes, I admit, I sit around thinking about things like this. ...