Want to Stop the Spread of Euthanasia?
My three-step plan for making euthanasia less popular: Abdullah M, Sedeek A, Keebler M, Hickey G, Hartwick M, Kaczorowski DJ. First successful cardiac allograft...
Author: Will Cox
Better than Ozempic
October 5, 2025The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Did you brush your teeth this morning? Did you make the bed? Get dressed? Eat breakfast? Wash the breakfast di...
Resolved, that I Remember the Deadline
I missed the deadline to propose resolutions for this year’s diocesan convention, by 22 hours and a lot of planning. Ooops. For your amusement, here are t...
“And Like a Good Neighbor…”
The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity It’s a beautiful day out today. One of the joys of coming here to Highland each month is walking outside at night, loo...
On the Incitement to Violence
After every tragic shooting in the United States, politicians blurt the same knee-jerk responses and take their canned solutions off the shelf. Then the talking...
“I see you have six fingers on your left hand.”
Inigo Montoya was but a young Spaniard when his father made the finest sword in the all the kingdoms on commission for the finest swordsman. On the day the blad...
Good News!
Sunday, March 31, 2024, The Resurrection of the LordReadings: Isaiah 25:6–9, Psalm 118, 1 Corinthians 15:1-28, John 20:1-18 On this first day of the week, in ...
Extraordinarily Ordinary
Sunday, December 24, 2023, the Fourth Sunday of AdventReadings: Genesis 18:1-15; Luke 1:5-56 Almost from the time the leaves begin to yellow, we begin thinking ...
Ready, and Waiting
A firm opinion I hold regarding the Church as an institution is that it must be present, be consistent, and be ready to meet people wherever they are. This mean...
Giving Up
Beware this trap. I’ve been in congregations of varying size, the largest of which was Catholic. The second largest of which was located at the intersection o...
The Beloved Family of God
Sunday, September 10, the 15th Sunday after PentecostReadings: Ezekiel, 33:7-11; Psalm 119:33–40; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:11-22 Peter has no questions abou...
On the Religious Population
From 1850 to 1946, the U.S. Census counted religious communities and structures. If one is aware of the history of the 20th Century, and the role played by Holl...
While It Was Still Dark
I’ve been thinking about this verse from Sunday, and particularly about “while it was still dark,” as the preacher attempted to make a point a...
Almost Heaven
Climbed the fire tower on Sounding Knob with some of my children this morning, and after overcoming the vertigo looked out over the oldest mountains in the worl...
The Trouble with Populism
“casting their ballots for the party that, despite its other failings, keeps entitlements inviolate, supports collective bargaining and has sought to ease the...
Faded Fluorescent Light, Dirty Tile, and an Enveloping Sound
One humid summer night, passing through Maryland on a long road trip, I stopped for gas and a pack of smokes. In those days gas stations weren’t often open at...
Brothers
I once was able to escape entirely into books, and could leave the world behind until one was done, no matter the troubles troubling my heart. My brother, a mer...
Serving Mammon
On Marketplace last night, Kai Ryssdal stated the unspoken obvious: “Guns are a business. A big business multi-billion dollar business in this country.†Iâ€...
Evidence
This here book I’m reading is older than I am, but just by a hair. It was checked out four times before I was born; the last just in time. It remained popular...
Lost in ?
It was 18:30 just a few minutes ago and the sun had no thought yet of setting. Now it’s black out, and my computer woke up to tell me it is going to sleep. â€...