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.

Tim Walz and the Politics of Grace

Walz argued that if voters aren’t buying what the Democrats are selling, that’s not on the voters.

A Crucial Choice for Kamala Harris: Get Beyond the Trump-Bashing

A columnist writes: “Looking anew at Harris, I see something different from what I once did: a person who stumbled as a candidate and vice president but who kept fighting anyway."

Notes on Backpacking with Goats

You're huffing an puffing and pushing your muscles for the joy of spectacular scenery and the absolute stillness of sunset on a glacial lake.

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.

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