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On Tiger Woods, the �Pele Speech� and Divine Encounters - What is Right and Wrong with America

2008-06-22T01:00:01-07:00

I have been meaning to sit down and right about the 2008 U.S. Open since the playoff ended on Monday, but as happens to so many of us, work and the real world keep us from having the time for our hobbies and from reflecting on the mediating experiences of our life. But, I cannot fail to comment on what I think of last weekend�s events.

10 Most Male Insulting Commericals - Thank you to Askmen.com

2008-06-14T01:07:01-07:00

One of the greatest challenges facing our culture today is the destruction of the positive male role model. Dennis Prager on his weekly radio program this week mentioned that when he was growing up he had male figures aside from his dad all day long. His teachers included many men, his principal, his rabbi, etc.

Ken Griffey Jr. - A True Legend in our Time

2008-06-11T00:03:00-07:00

As a theologian, I have come to appreciate artistry. This past weekend I was at a conference where the theme was art, beauty, and the Gospel. But you know when we think of art and beauty, I think we tend to forget how important sports is at providing us with the canvas of beauty. And in my lifetime few athletes have provided a greater body of “art” than Ken Griffey Jr.

Bush Hatred is NOT Helpful

2008-06-04T03:20:00-07:00

So Scott McClellan has published his book on �What Happened to make me angry.� The book has been welcomed by many who suffer from Bush hatred. But what does this book add to history or to the whole �coming together� that McClellen says he believes in and which he feels most betrayed by. But is it helpful!

The Physical Cost of Disease - Personal and Global

2008-05-13T04:38:03-07:00

After two months of being too ill to post, I am back. After pneumonia, bronchitis, and massive amounts of kidney stones (which as a friend said recently, any more than zero is massive amounts) I am back blogging and wondering, what is the impact of illness…

Tibet, Kosovo, and the Olympics - Living up to Our Values

2008-03-15T15:27:00-07:00

Lost in the news of election coverage, Spitzergate, and Barak’s pastoral issues there has been a major protest in Tibet, led again apparently by some very brave Buddhist monks. Of course, it will be crushed or short-circuted. Chinese Communist rulers have not survived all these years, including the days after Tinemman Square in 1989 (one of the saddest of my life - as a college student watching coverage, hoping that the people of China would be free, only to see those young people - my age - trounced by tanks and the army). So what are we to do, those who say we value human rights?

A Primer on Black Theology and Question for Senator Obama

2008-03-14T15:20:00-07:00

I just got connected to the news nets today and Drudge and discovered that there is a big blowup about Jeremiah Wright, PhD the pastor of Barak Obama. I knew the Trinity United Church of Christ was an Afro-Centric church, focused on black theology. But I was very surprised to hear the actual comments of Dr. Wright on the Hugh Hewitt Show today (best show on radio ever). Well, what do I think, especially as a theologian? [Author�s Note: Throughout this I will be using Black when I talk about identity, as Black Theology does, and African American when speaking about the larger community of Americans of African descent]

Giving to The Navigators - The Roving Theologian is not speaking as Navigator Staff when he writes

2008-03-13T17:06:00-07:00

The Roving Theologian in his work life works for The Navigators. Let me state right now: THE VIEWS OF THE ROVINGTHEOLOGIAN DO NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE NAVIGATORS. There said that. But if you would like to support Christopher’s work with The Navigators (staff are supported through the generosity of donors), you can do so at http://www.navigators.org/us/support/staff?_piref1261_22816092_1261_22816085_22816085.__ora_navig=pageFlow%3DviewStaff%26staffSearch%3DChristopher%2BMorton Thanks!

What About Homosexuality - An Addendum

2008-03-13T16:15:00-07:00

I made a rather lengthy post yesterday about Hugh Hewitt and his ongoing discussion with E.J. Dionne. One reader (thank Tom!) pointed out that I may be incorrect about Jesus saying “nothing” about homosexuality. Not only was his point interesting, but it illustrates how the discussion is framed in the West these days.

Why “Experts” Never Agree with Normal People - Calling my Friend Brandon Fibbs a Film Snob

2008-03-13T13:13:01-07:00

However, I offended Brandon with my response to his Top 10 Films of 2007. To put if frankly, I had not seen any of the films on his list and gave him my top ten. Well, Brandon called me on it and said, �Well duh, if you have not seen them, how do you know they are not better than what you saw?� (paraphrase, Brandon is far kinder than that).

However, there was a deeper issue at work than film taste. In essence, I had marked Brandon out as an elitist. And, lets be honest, on films he is (I say that with generosity and love). [It should be noted that I have also teased Brandon because it is clear that he and his wife are yet childless, because, as the father of three kids 6 and under, I don�t get to see many films and those I do, usually are animated.]