July 12, 2026 Note: The Trump Administration and the reactionary politics throughout much of the country continues to make war on the historic promise of our nation based on the Declaration of Independence, the constitutional system of equal opportunity under the law, the civil war to uphold this vision, and almost a century of political and judicial judgments to institutionalize this vision. The crisis is immediate, demanding a Bonhoeffer-like resolve as I urged in my Post

“To do and dare—not what you would, but what is right. Never hesitate over what is within your power, but boldly grasp what lies before you. Not in the flight of fancy, but only in the deed there is freedom. Away with timidity and reluctance! Out into the storm of event, sustained only by the commandment of God and your faith, and freedom will receive your spirit with exultation.” --Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison, July 21, 1944 Post #1 Are you, like

Note: Another “musing,” circa 2019. Confessions of a Tamed but Renewed Idealist I recently retired from 40 years of teaching ethics and...

“A Christ-Lite Sermon,” a January 24, 2025 article by Caitlin Flanagan about Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon at the National Cathedral...

April 10, 2025 The Students and the Space The nineteen students who attended the seminar were very different than those who would have...

Note: I wrote this sometime in 2020 after Joe Biden was elected President. It felt like a promising time. This was so not because all...

November 29, 2021 A Joyful and Serious Experience “In reading this riveting book, I felt we were back together, and I was grateful.”...

Note: Now in the spring of 2025, I see this reflection, as “musing about musing.” Taking time to “take stock” of my life. It was...

Our American story has noble founding principles, courageous examples of living these principles, unfortunate examples of falling short...