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Anthony B. Robinson

https://www.anthonybrobinson.com/
Tony is a writer, teacher, speaker and ordained minister (United Church of Christ). He served as Senior Minister of Seattle’s Plymouth Congregational Church for fourteen years. His newest book is Useful Wisdom: Letters to Young (and not so young) Ministers. He divides his time between Seattle and a cabin in Wallowa County of northeastern Oregon. If you’d like to know more or receive his regular blogs in your email, go to his site listed above to sign-up.
Religion

Is God Making a Comeback?

Religion is, like most else, a mixed bag. But the cracks in the hegemony of the official story of secular modernity and materialism seem to me both worth noting and refreshing.
Politics

Much Needed: Rise of the Feisty Centrists

"Angry centrism is a very potent way to run," said Lakshya Jain, a founder of Split Ticket, a political data firm. Rather than locating itself midway between the two parties, this new centrism promises sweeping change while criticizing the two parties as out of touch.
blog

“Silence Can Be a Form of Participation”

I didn’t quite know what to make of people who sat attentively in a meeting or class, who appeared engaged, who maybe even took notes, but who rarely spoke. What’s up with that?
Religion

What Should be the Relationship Between Church and State?

David Brooks fears that the powerful emotions kicked up by the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk will lead many Republicans to conclude that their opponents are irredeemably evil and that anything that causes them suffering is permissible.
Journalism

Donut Coverage: What Ails Local Journalism

In contrast to KFSK, with its strong local focus, KCTS chose to eliminate almost all local news coverage in favor of popular national shows and personality-based short features.
Books

Novel: The Hard Underside of Montana Life. And Grace

The novel unfolds in both the rural and urban settings, with Rene being the crusty embodiment of an older way of life on his beloved Willow Creek ranch. The urban scenes, largely flashbacks, are the haunts of lost boys like Justin, the main character.
Politics

The “Slow Boring of Hard Boards”: Why it’s Counterproductive To Cry Fascism

Rather, it is the slow work of building alliances, making hard strategic choices, and staying at it over the long haul.
Religion

Red Church, Blue Church

In today’s America of two nations it seems to me important, if not urgent, that we do less talking about people on the other side of the line and more talking with people on the other side. Admittedly, that’s not easy.
Reflections

Your New Mission Statement: Try Less Hard?

One of life's paradoxes is that sometimes trying super hard can really mess things up, while trying a little less hard can create a space in which good things happen that we never saw coming or would have ever imagined on our own.
blog

Nothing Left but the Killing?

At some level I was thinking, “How horrible to be trapped in such an all-consuming conflict where you see no alternative but to take one deeply flawed and implicated side or the other.”
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