For my money, one of the most resonant metaphors for the kingdom, or reign, of God in all of Scripture is that of the banquet table.

Donald Trump wants a military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.

This Sunday is the Second Sunday of Advent, and we will light the candle of Peace. It’s appropriate, then, that in Oslo, Norway, on that same day, Setsuko Thurlow will join the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in accepting the Nobel Peace Prize.

There’s a funny scene in an episode of Seinfeld in which George Costanza is freaking out about the possibility that he may have cancer.

I’m really tired of this. With stunning regularity we as a nation are faced with mass shooting after mass shooting.

On Wednesday I took part in a day of lobbying with Ohioans for Payday Loan Reform.

How long, O Lord? How long must we live in this culture of violence where nothing ever seems to change?

I don’t know if Al Letson is a Christian. I don’t know if he is a person of faith of any stripe.

This week marked the seventy-second anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, events that brought the Second World War to an appropriately horrific conclusion.

I visited the cardiologist yesterday.

I just read through a new brochure from the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (AWAB), entitled “Queer & Faithful?”

If you follow Major League Baseball, you probably heard the story. In fact, even if you’re not a baseball fan, you may have heard about the incident that took place last week in Boston.