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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.
Books

Too Much of a Good Thing? How Over-consumption is Dulling our Happiness

The problem is that if you keep hitting the pleasure button too often, everything goes to shit. Not only that, but you need more of whatever it is you are pleasured by to get that sensation.
Religion

The Church of the Imperfects, the League of the Guilty

The church is not a gathering of the righteous, the perfect, those without fault or blemish, not to mention catastrophic failure. It is a gathering of those who know they stand in need of grace and mercy. It is a gathering of the “League of the Guilty.”
Religion

The Ukrainian Challenge to All of Us

In America, and particularly among its elites, we’ve been living for some time in what philosophers term post-modernity. One of the hallmarks of post-modern thought is the idea that there isn’t really anything that can be called truth, there is only power.
Religion

Of “Just” Wars and Moral Responsibilities

One of the problems with the just-war tradition for Americans is that America has overused it.
Religion

Uncomfortable Dance: The Religious Factor in the War in Ukraine

Orthodox Christianity is divided between Moscow and Istanbul, and the Ukrainian church is a key battleground and proxy.
blog

Wakeup Call: Will Putin’s Invasion Convince us of the Stakes?

So much of our national life and debate has been self-indulgent, stupid, and dangerous for so long. Can Putin do what the pandemic could not and wake us up?
blog

Lost Boys: “We Lose Enough of our Young Men”

From a new novel set in Ireland: "Young men don’t know what to be doing with themselves at all."
2022 Mayor's State of the City

Inclusive to a Fault and Signifying Little

One of the useful leadership and planning tools that I stumbled upon over the years was the concept of “the vital few.” What are the vital few things that an organization, business or institution must do and do well if it is going to accomplish its mission and thrive?
Religion

In Apocalypse, all is Revealed: Lessons from COVID (and the Olympics)

The virus has done what viruses do — take advantage of the vulnerabilities of an unhealthy host. It is this that has been revealed, or “apocalypsed” to us.
Religion

Digitized Worship, a Blessing for a Time, Is Now a Threat to Churches

Will the church go with the increasingly digitized modern, or post-modern world, where more and more of our interactions are disembodied and distanced?
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