Stephen Hawking and the Death of Theism

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on October, 7 2010

Stephen Hawking, probably the best known and best read scientist of this century, has just published, with his co-author Leonard Mlodinov of Stanford University, a book entitled

Anti-Muslim America! – The Meaning of our Current Political Anger

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on September, 30 2010

Early in my career, I had a colleague, now deceased, named The Rev. Joseph Kellerman, known to his friends as “Jody.” This man served then as the rector of …

“Let Them Eat Cake!”

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on February, 18 2010

These words, probably apocryphal, are attributed to Marie Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI of France. They were said to have been spoken during the early days of the …

Uganda, Homophobia and the Incompetence of Certain Christian Leaders

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on January, 21 2010

Does the Ku Klux Klan have the right to parade through a black community, hurling racist insults at the people of the neighborhood and raising racist fervor throughout the …

Thoughts on the Passing of 2009

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on January, 7 2010

It was an incredible year, that weary old 2009. It dawned with the high expectations surrounding the new president-elect. We reveled in the pomp and circumstance of his inauguration. The …

A Church Tower in a Shopping Center! A Restaurant in a Church! Is This Evolving Christianity?

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on November, 26 2009

I have just completed a whirlwind tour of the United Kingdom — nine lectures in eight days in places as far east as Colchester, as far north as Edinburgh, …

Canterbury and Rome: Ecclesiastical Kindergarten Games

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on November, 19 2009

Let me see if I have this straight. The Pope has a clergy shortage and the Anglicans have a small group of alienated clergy who cannot adjust to women …

Honesty and Dishonesty in the Health Care Debate

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on October, 22 2009

The debate on reforming health care in the United States seems to be winding toward a final decision. This debate has revealed new depths of irrationality, dishonesty and anger …

Seeking to Understand the Rhetoric of the Health Reform Debate

Column by Bishop John Shelby Spong on September, 10 2009

I went to my local post office in New Jersey last week only to be confronted by a group of demonstrators who had set up a table filled with …