Anthony B. Robinson

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.

Democrats and the Necessity of Meeting the Moment

If we had imagined that one of the political parties would be in crisis, we would have had our sights fixed on the G.O.P.

Has God Endorsed Trump?

What could be better for the strongman image than surviving an assassination attempt with a bloodied face and clenched fist?

The “State of Emergency” That Evidently Isn’t?

The Democratic Party has long been telling us that a possible Trump Restoration constitutes a State of Emergency. But they don’t really mean that. It was, apparently, mostly just talk.

Our Presidential Contest: Times Call for Boldness

Ezra Klein observes, “Democrats tried to play it safe and failed. It is time to open themselves to risk."

Rural Riddle: ‘Palace Lords’ Invade Northwest’s Rural Areas

While owners of vacation homes and vacation rentals do contribute something to local businesses, they aren’t much invested in the community via schools, churches, other civic groups or volunteerism. They are a new kind of “extractive” industry.

Dean Phillips was Right

This “debate” was incredibly sad. Sad to watch Joe Biden, like a fighter well beyond his prime, taking blow after blow. Always on his heels. Always reactive.

Three Ways to Think about Death and Dying

Death is one of life’s “thin places,” where the boundary between the temporal and the eternal becomes thin, even luminous.

The Winning Message for Democrats

Make the case for America. Point to the positives. Call people to pride, patriotism and hope. Enough of the complaints, the grievances, the whining and the pessimism.

How did we get to the Age of Grievance?

Whatever it is, the shift from can-do to can’t-do, from “I can do it,” to “they made me do it,” from striving to whining has — at least to my mind — been significant and abrupt.

The Latest in Trump’s Long Line of Losses. What Next?

Now 12 American citizens — may God protect them — have said, “No.” No one is above the law. In the end, they — we — are our best hope.

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