Second Sunday after Christmas

Christianity is, finally, a story in which communication prevails over violence.

While struggling with this question as a church songwriter, I came up with six guidelines.

What is the story within the story that we need to hear anew?

I was diagnosed just after Christmas. It changed my perspective on the incarnation.

The prophetic power of a candle in the window

Hart thunders like Amos against cruel, incoherent religion.

The incarnation doesn’t require a miracle; it reveals one that’s already there.

Can Christianity make universal claims without being exclusivist?

We tend to think biology matters, and matters very much—except when we don’t.