Bill's Faith Matters blog
6 days ago · A few weeks ago here on the blog, I wrote about the difference between "private religion" and more communal approaches to being part of a faith tradition.. I invited readers to respond with their experiences of one kind of faith or the other. Today, to start out a brand new year, I want to share a couple of responses to that post because I thought they were insightful for me and might be for ...
January 2025 - Bill's Faith Matters blog
Jan 1, 2025 · A few weeks ago here on the blog, I wrote about the difference between "private religion" and more communal approaches to being part of a faith tradition.. I invited readers to respond with their experiences of one kind of faith or the other. Today, to start out a brand new year, I want to share a couple of responses to that post because I thought they were insightful for me and might be for ...
Even in the face of a dissolving cosmos, there's room for hope
Dec 12, 2024 · As we move to the end of a remarkable year that has been challenging in countless of ways, I've been thinking about the big picture.You know, an eternal view. A cosmic sense of things. It's been one way to reconvince myself that I cannot, individually, change everything I want to change in the world -- from ending wars to stopping crime to …
When voters stay home because they're baffled by lies
Nov 20, 2024 · O ne of the intriguing results of the recent presidential election was the voter turnout, which was down more than 8.5 million votes compared with turnout in 2020.. As I write this, the turnout this year as counted so far was just under 147 million compared with the 2020 turnout of about 155.5 million.. What happened? Lots of theories, some of which make sense.
Lives full of both rejoicing and trembling -- as they should be
Feb 3, 2024 · Nashville, Tenn., and Delavan, Ill. -- I've double-datelined this piece because I want to tell you two interrelated family stories that are rooted in faithful living. Recently my wife Marcia and I drove to Nashville to celebrate the 19th birthday...
November 2024 - Bill's Faith Matters blog
Nov 30, 2024 · O ne of the intriguing results of the recent presidential election was the voter turnout, which was down more than 8.5 million votes compared with turnout in 2020.. As I write this, the turnout this year as counted so far was just under 147 million compared with the 2020 turnout of about 155.5 million.. What happened? Lots of theories, some of which make sense.
August 2024 - Bill's Faith Matters blog
Aug 31, 2024 · O nce upon a time, when I knew a lot more than I know today, I thought, sort of, that the world would be a lot more peaceful if everyone became, say, a Presbyterian like me. Or a Methodist. Or a Muslim. Or a Jew. Or, or, or. . . My immaturity and foolishness were little short of monumental. My thinking at the time, as I recall, was that such unanimity would end a lot of fighting that is rooted ...
As 'private religion' gains ground, what's being lost?
Dec 7, 2024 · E ach day I become more aware that I've not been introduced to many interesting writers whose thoughts have complicated the thinking of readers. One I recently discovered is Charles Taylor, a Canadian philosopher who taught at McGill University and who has written piles of books.. Out of curiosity, I picked up his 2014 book, …
Bill's Faith Matters blog
Bill Tammeus writes about religion and ethics.
Here's a model of a life that truly mattered (Bill's Faith Matters blog)
Dec 28, 2024 · P atriotism, meaning a commitment to one's country, is quite different from a commitment to one's faith tradition. But they share at least this in common: Both require an unswerving willingness to speak the truth, to question and challenge policies and actions that seem destructive and to know not only what you stand for …