Author: Duane Arnold

Remembrance Day 2019 What we now call Veterans Day, was once known as Armistice Day or, I think more appropriately, Remembrance Day for truly it is a day to remember and reflect. On Monday,...

God is Not On Your Side Next year is supposed to be the election year, but it now seems as though the process is already under way.  Democratic debates have been underway for months. ...

Politics  and Kingdoms Discussing politics as a Christian is fraught with difficulties. Part of the problem, however, might be the theological categories that we often resort to in such discussions. For instance, I know...

Caricatures and Realities The headline is sobering… or should be.  According to the latest PEW research survey , the number of Americans who self-identify as Christians has fallen by 12 percentage points over the...

The Cure of Souls The phrase itself sounds old fashioned… “the cure of souls”.  It sounds as though it is something you might read about in a novel by Charles Dickens or one of...

Treasures New and Old It’s a common phenomena.  At one time or another we have all probably done it.  We read a book.  We attend a conference.  We listen to a podcast.  We watch...

Engagement The numbers are in, and they are not good. This last month the Episcopal Church released the numbers garnered from parochial reports for 2018.  In a single year, the church lost over 36,000...

Church – It’s Not About Us… Occasionally, you can stumble upon profound theology in the unlikeliest places.  Sorting through my books, I came upon a small volume, by the novelist E.M. Forster, the author...

Through Our Own Lens I was intrigued this last week with some of the discussions surrounding comments made by Albert Mohler.  The comments and his comments in response to criticism were ill-advised, or at...