The Verge of Jordan

BARNABAS THE APOSTLE Recently I returned to San Francisco after a long absence.  It was my third time in the city, the first being an idyl...

I live under a pop-culture rock, and it is only because of his inner-orbit position on the Six Degrees of Channing Tatum that I even know J...

MEMORIAL DAY The RMS Queen Mary After a two-day meeting in Pasadena, my friend Matt and I got a lift down to Long Beach for a visit to...

"I hate, I despise your festivals, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me your burnt-offerings ...

Martin Luther King - Civil Rights Leader (1968) I have had a volatile relationship with the See of Canterbury since I joined the Anglican...

ASH WEDNESDAY “Hey, are you Polish?” The question, though incongruous from a stranger as my two friends descended a busy staircase into ...

"For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfu...

So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus. But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frighten...