Click here for the first of these columns ever -- Blessing from Persecution? (12/15/01)

Are love and "acceptance" linked? (12/22/01)

Just what is "Evil?" (12/29/01)

Better or Best -- What a Concept! (1/5/02)

Challenging the Conventional Wisdom (1/12/02)

The Death of Personal Service (1/19/02)

Leadership vs. Salesmanship (1/26/02)

"Entertaining" Christianity (2/2/02)

Dirty Little Secrets (2/9/02)

The Problem of Profession (2/16/02)

Some Bottom Line Talk (2/23/02)

Answering Some Possible Objections (3/2/02)

The Events of the Week (3/9/02)

Things a Church Should Be (3/16/02)

Serving the Greater Good (3/30/02)

Managing Conflict in Church Leadership (4/6/02)

Some Principles of Church Management (4/13/02)

Spreading Christians (4/27/02)

"Christian" Medical Care? (5/11/02)

Slipping Down the Slope (5/18/02)

STAR Power (5/25/02)

In Praise of Passion (6/1/02)

Political Gamesmanship (6/8/02)

Some Notes on Change (6/15/02)

After the Game (6/22/02)

On Unconditional?! Forgiveness (6/29/02)

On Intimacy (7/6/02)

On Maturity (7/27/02)

Change or Improve? (8/3/02)

Try this for an extended metaphor (8/10/02)

Christian "Thinking" (8/17/02)

Capitalizing on 9-11 (8/24/02)

"Packaging" (8/31/02)

More on a model for forgiveness (9/7/02)

A CHEMICAL Analogy (9/14/02)

Anger & Violence (9/21/02)

MEGA Stupidity (9/28/02)

Handling Prosperity (10/5/02)

A Lesson from national Politics (10/12/02)

Why I'm Presbyterian (10/19/02)

Don't Go There (10/26/02)

"Relevance" (11/9/02)

On Socialism and Environmentalism (11/16/02)

Comparing Christianity and Communism (11/23/02)

Giving Thanks (11/28/02)

How vs. Who we worship. (12/7/02)

Ranting about a Methodist TV ad (12/14/02)

Christmas Thoughts (12/21/02)

Random Thoughts at the End of the Year (12/28/02)

Form and Substance (1/4/03)

Logic and Spirituality (1/11/03)

Measuring Success (1/18/03)

Really Defining Racism (1/25/03)

Budgetary Priorities (2/6/03)

Violence is an instrument of God's will (2/22/03)

Having a Larger Perspective (3/1/03)

On Morality, Chaos Theory, and Depression (3/8/03)

Pre-War Short Thoughts (3/15/03)

Embracing the war with Iraq (3/22/03)

Lessons of War (3/29/03)

Engineers and Scientists (4/12/03)

Know Nothing but Jesus (5/3/03)

I really hate being manipulated (5/10/03)

The tension of "Ought" (5/17/03)

A Different Insight on the Case of Jayson Blair (5/24/03)

The Age of Laodicea (5/31/03)

'Trickle-down' Theology (6/8/03)

Of Entities (6/21/03)

What I think of the Supreme Court (6/28/03)

God and Country (7/6/03)

Recalls and Caves (7/26/03)

Bad Move by the Anglicans (8/9/03)

Unforgivable Sin (8/16/03)

Church and Government (8/30/03)

Miscellany and 9/11 (9/6/03)

Gratitude (9/20/03)

Catholics, Jobs & the Recall (9/27/03)

Religion and Politics, they mix and they don't (10/7/03)

George Will and the Episcopals (11/8/03)

Thoughts on the week that was (11/22/03)

A Sour Christmas (1/3/04)

Comic Book Art -- The First of Many (1/17/04)

The Individual and the Crowd (3/6/04)

What's Unsaid Matters (4/15/04)

Reflection to the President on Iraq (5/15/04)

Lessons Ronald Reagan can give the Church (6/19/04)

Comments on the DNC (7/21/04)