Some of my recent reading has included arguments by atheists regarding their take on the relationship between faith and morality. One particular atheist writer, Dennis Ray, contends that religious behavior has little or no impact on morality, an argument based largely on research I conducted showing that the divorce rates of born again Christians and [...]
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Pastoral Turnover
John Feinstein recently wrote an article for The Sporting News regarding the turnover among coaches. He quoted heralded college coach Steve Spurrier as saying, “Coaching is a lot like preaching. After about nine or ten years you need to move on to another church. People have heard your message enough times that you need to [...]
Henri Nouwen and Spiritual Transformation
About 15 years ago I spoke at a conference outside the U.S. with Henri Nouwen. At the time I was only vaguely aware of who he was. I attended his plenary session, and frankly, was rather unimpressed. He spoke along with one of his housemates from L’Arche, the community near Toronto where he lived. I [...]
