I was often happy as a kid, but as I grew up I more often felt good about feeling gloomy. I loved profoundly depressing literature. Surely those who were happy were shallow.

Gay and lesbian members of our congregation have told me that they hesitated in coming to our church because of the connotations “evangelical” has accrued.

So here I am, a latter-day Grinch, to proclaim as well the essential sinfulness of us

I don’t want my friend to lose his faith in the Bible, but to understand its history, its myth.

“Freedom isn’t Free” is proclaimed on billboards, bumper-stickers, t-shirts. This assertion is so ubiquitous in America one might suppose it to be true.

Throughout the country those refusing to wear masks or get vaccinated have claimed that religious freedom gives them this right.