Our country is reeling from systematic police violence against Black Americans. The recent death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of a police officer— who put a knee on Floyd's neck for nine minutes— has ignited a fire of protest. This is a new version of a poem I wrote several years ago. …
Let’s Go to Theology Class: Perspectives on the Crusades
The following summary is from my most recent class in pursuit of my master’s degree in theology at Colorado Christian University. The Crusades became a new hot topic around the turn of the 21st century (March 2000), with Pope John Paul II and each succeeding pope making apology for them. Beginning with the horror of …
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The Roof
Up here on the roof, I am tall, taller than all, at the apex: not of height, nor of stature; just here at the edge where anything is possible: creativity, destruction, enlightenment, apostasy; whatever I choose begins up here at the edge of heaven and hell where God waits, and angels watch; where birds soar …
The Accidental Apologist 