Holy Crap!
“You don’t actually believe all that crap, do you?” There is a good bit of historical record from the time of Jesus. Archaeological. Temples. Cities. Edifices. But unlike the way those today would proclaim their King-dem, the life Jesus led would not be signaled in artifact or chiseled into stone. The life Jesus lived is […]
Praying for Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Virginia, l’il college town, All the school year, full of UVA Wahoos, going to football games, going to class, going to pubs down at the Corner. Just like everybody. Come from Virginia and everywhere, to Mr. Jefferson’s University, to get a college degree and to learn about life, in the classroom and on the lawn, from […]
Did the Resurrection really happen?
Does it matter if the Resurrection actually happened? This was the question we considered in my adult Sunday School class at a church I used to belong to. I was a regular at Sunday school, where we considered issues of faith and its practice as a matter of course. Sunday school was organized and led […]
Are you leaving a margin?
What if we printed our books and wrote our essays right up to the very edges leaving no margin? Wouldn’t that be a much a better use of our space. Why waste all that good white paper around the edges? I know. I know. The book publishers out there will tell me it’s easier on […]
Saved from our past by the arts in our present
The Loving Story is a documentary focused on Richard and Mildred Loving and the landmark 1967 Loving vs Virginia Supreme Court case that led to legalization of interracial marriage in all states. This was screened for Charlottesville area high school and middle school students as part of the Virginia Film Festival which celebrates its 26th […]
