Ponderings

It is interesting watching what is happening in Indiana right now. When President Trump pressured Indiana legislators to redistrict in an at...

Language matters. I propose that we make an intentional change in how we refer to pregnancy. Rather than saying a woman “got pregnant” or “f...

"Ain't it awful?" A decade or more has passed since someone first introduced me to the phrase “Ain’t it awful?” We can say, ...

After weeks of pressure from Washington, D.C., Indiana Governor Mike Braun has announced a special session of the Indiana General Assembly t...

One strategy the Republican party has used to secure the loyalty of committed Christians is to advocate for a complete ban on abortion (and ...

Becoming a Republican When I first registered to vote at age 18 in 1976, I was surprised to be asked what party I wanted to join. After a fl...

 "I'm ag'in' it!" My first memory of encountering this colloquialism was years ago at a school board meeting. An impro...

Recently, the Lectionary calendar brought us to John 12:1-8 about Mary of Bethany pouring nard on Jesus' feet and wiping them with her ...

It has now been years since the day I changed the words to the old song “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus.” One of its multiple repetitive ver...