Supplications to God should be grounded in profundity, not empty habit. But when prayer becomes a cliché, as evidenced by the phrase “thoughts and prayers” whenever a senseless massacre takes...

We have literalized so much of scripture and discuss God often in anthropomorphic language. Because we find comfort in our myopia, we consign God to the limits of where our selfish loves take us....

We remember those who dared to point out wrongs in the face of stiff opposition from entrenched forces and theological orthodoxy. Because they did we are better for it. Those that played it safe...

The biblical God chooses imperfect spokespersons who are guaranteed to sometimes mess things up. When we come to this realization, we will stop our futile self-glorifying attempts at becoming...