Christian Humanism
When I claim to be defined as a “Christian humanist,” my “secular humanist” friends often look at me like I had just embarrassed myself by uttering, at best, an oxymoron, if not at worst, a malapropism. “What does being a Christian have...Moral Injury
A few weeks ago while driving in my truck, I was, as usual, listening to National Public Radio. And I picked up on a program where some mental health professionals were discussing what they termed “moral injury” in relation to PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress...Creative Brooding
For more than forty years, Robert Raines’ devotional book, Creative Brooding (Macmillan, 1966), has been a source of inspiration and challenge along the way of my journey–both personally and professionally. If today, I read from it less, I find myself more...Marital Research/Marriage Counseling
Dr. John Gottman is a psychology professor at the University of Washington and the recognized authority on substantive research concerning marriage. I’ve studied a fair amount of Gottman’s research over the years and recently read his popular The Seven...Football, the Myers-Briggs and Jesus
In recent years, the Goose Creek High School varsity football team, a school located in an adjoining county, near Charleston, has become dominant in South Carolina high school football competition. Among the largest-schools-in-the-state classification, Goose Creek was...Thanksgiving
It appears that there are at least two different kinds of people in yours or mine or anyone’s life. Including ourselves. There are those who are thankful for who they are and what they have. While others are, by contrast, those who tend to be bitter and/or...zenhabit
I don’t know where I came across this guy’s ruminations. His name is Leo Babauta, and on the occasion of his 38th birthday he wrote an equal number of aphorisms meant for his children. I thought, when I first read them, that I would occasionally pass some...Resilient Children
I recently conducted an unusual memorial service. My pastor was asked to do it, but for whatever reason couldn’t. So he asked me to pinch-hit for him, as I am one of several ordained ministers among the membership of the Circular Congregational Church here in...Rape, Abortion, Theology and Ethics
When Richard Mourdock, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Indiana, recently claimed that the birth of a human life, even when conceived by rape, was the will of God, he was as pretentiously sincere in his religious conviction as he was care-less, if not...Balanced Living by Dr. Knight
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