• Gatsby’s Green Light and the Need for Obstinance

    I just completed reading The Great Gatsby for nearly the 40th time with my current crop of students. If only I, as a teacher, could use the novel to properly teach students to connect its message to the current mess…

  • Advent 1.2025

    If you’re not part of a church that observes the season of Advent, or if you do not know what the lectionary is, this might seem like “insider” language. I encourage to click on the links below that provide some…

  • The Big Beautiful Table: A Refuge for All Believers

    Many Christians today feel untethered- searching for a place to land. Strident voices in public square belong to those preaching exclusion, fear, and control. Christian Nationalists claim to speak for the faith, but their message and desire for power and…