Author Archives: jim

“President Carter, am I a Christian?”

Posted on April 15, 2017 by jim

I love President Carter. I’ve written about him here: President Carter   and here: The desire to find peace on Memorial Day   and here: You met a president   New York Times reporter Nicolas Kristof had a great e-mail interview with … Continue reading →

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In a world of stone

Posted on April 15, 2017 by jim
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United

Posted on April 14, 2017 by jim

People yelled as they witnessed a man being assaulted. Most of us have seen the video of a passenger being dragged off a United Airlines flight. Video and news story A very few, as some usually do, blame the victim … Continue reading →

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April 12, 1963

Posted on April 12, 2017 by jim

Martin Luther King, Jr.  was the original face of the Black Lives Matter movement. The radical right who annually parrot empty platitudes about King for his birthday would reject him if he were alive today.

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Did Jesus die for our sins?

Posted on April 11, 2017 by jim

Did Jesus die for our sins? That’s a common question the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. Jesus took on the sins of the world, suffered and died, so that we might have eternal life. Right? This was the point … Continue reading →

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Be a flower

Posted on April 10, 2017 by jim
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Palm Sunday

Posted on April 9, 2017 by jim

Matthew 21:1-11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with … Continue reading →

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Spiritual refugees

Posted on April 6, 2017 by jim

Most of us are refugees in someway. Many are emotional or spiritual refugees, as distant and isolated from others as physical refugees are removed from homelands. We are separated from feeling our own pain, refugees rejecting our own emotions. Unaware … Continue reading →

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God’s power in weakness

Posted on March 31, 2017 by jim
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The Jesus you follow

Posted on March 30, 2017 by jim
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Republican Christians

Posted on March 28, 2017 by jim

Not since the Reformation has the choice been so clear. On one side, Christians who read the red letters of the Bible and find in the teachings of Jesus a call to help the poor, support widows, orphans and aliens, … Continue reading →

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Family reunion 

Posted on March 25, 2017 by jim

Note: This isn’t the sort of thing I usually write on this site.  But, here it is. A day on Walton’s Mountain Thousands traveled to remote Schuyler, Virginia this weekend for the Waltons 45th Anniversary Reunion. From more than a … Continue reading →

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Traditional Irish blessing

Posted on March 17, 2017 by jim
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Resident Aliens

Posted on March 16, 2017 by jim

I met Will Willlimon recently. (His preaching technique was exactly what I was taught in seminary. But that’s another story.) In my first semester of seminary I read Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony, written by Willimon and Stanley … Continue reading →

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