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.

Why Rules Matter

What people tend not to see as they cheerfully dismiss their own rules of the road is the way that this empowers bad actors.

Loan Forgiveness: What Would God Do?

The Bible is actually pretty clearly in the debt-forgiveness camp.

Stirewalt’s Warning: How Media Outrage Divides Us

"Politicians, popular culture, the news media, and leaders of major institutions speak in a language of anxiety, and did so long before our now-receding pandemic began."

Mending, Not Just Rending: The Case for ‘Solutions Journalism’

The impact of a steady stream of “deficit reporting” is to encourage cynicism (“everybody’s a crook”) and despair (“there’s nothing you can do”). Sharing news about things that are working seems pretty basic.

Fukuyama’s New Book: Standing Up for Classic Liberalism

By “liberalism” Fukuyama means “the doctrine that emerged in the second half of the seventeenth century that argued for the limitations of the powers of governments through law and ultimately constitutions, creating institutions protecting the rights of individuals living under their jurisdiction.”

A Less Christian Nation…

A generation, perhaps two, have grown up without the trappings of a Christian culture.

Chief Joseph’s Nez Perce Tribe Comes Home

Across the country Native Tribes are an increasingly significant player on many fronts.

Leadership Lessons from the Incredible Streaking Mariners

Seattle, these days, is not a city marked by leaders of note. Perhaps the M’s leadership has something to teach the rest of their hometown and its leaders?

Scary: Christian Nationalists with All the Answers

If you want to turn Jesus into the lead guy for the forces of vengeance and retribution, you really have to distort him beyond all recognition.

The Biggest Thing in Town: Old Theatre Finds New Life in a Small Town

Because of competition from streaming services and struggling local economy, the O.K. had shut down as the town (and county’s) only movie venue.

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