Steve Harmon

(Muted strums at the end not in the original, but for something to do while The Edge is taking off his guitar, getting a drink, and setting up at the keyboard for “Running to Stand Still.” 😉

YouTube video by stevenrharmon Guitar cover, U2’s “Bullet the Blue Sky,” Rattle & Hum version

Fall break trial run at recording U2’s “Bullet the Blue Sky,” Rattle & Hum version. Will re-record later after working out the imperfections.) youtu.be/W2RSjObw2eg?...

This Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost at McGill Baptist Church in Concord, NC: “Living Where We Are” (Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7; 2 Timothy 2:8-15; Luke 17:11-19).

Theologian Peter Enns to Speak at Gardner-Webb on Oct. 28 for Mary Washburn Wilson Lecture Series The School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb presents theologian and author, Peter Enns, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Faith Hall, Tucker Student Center.

Join us at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity on October 28 to hear Pete Enns’s Mary Washburn Wilson Lectures. gardner-webb.edu/news/mary-wa...

Pope Leo XIV has issued the first major document of his pontificate—an “apostolic exhortation” (not an “encyclical,” which functions as a statement of doctrine, but an encouragement to the church toward a practice of the faith) titled “On Love for the Poor”: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

We now know what Pope Leo thinks about synodality—and he mostly agrees with Francis Leo is not just generally or vaguely supportive of Pope Francis’ reforming initiative; he is convinced of its fundamental importance.

Excellent commentary on Pope Leo XIV's perspectives on "synodality"--something I explain in relation to the early days of his pontificate in my soon-to-be-published book Encountering Pope Leo XIV: Baptist Reflections on the Beginning of a Pontificate. www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

I'm grateful to Mack Dennis, pastor of FBC Asheville, for joining our Theological Integration Capstone Seminar at Gardner-Webb Univ. School of Divinity this evening to share theological perspectives & practical advice on celebrating baptism & communion and officiating marriage & funeral services.

‘Why Sergio?’ Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef and family - The Waco Bridge Sergio Garcia and his wife, Sandra, spent 36 years building a reputation for regional Mexican cuisine in Waco. It ended when ICE came to call.

I encourage the reading of this story. wacobridge.org/2025/10/06/d...

Followed by this paragraph:

#AuthenticPopeLeoXIVQuote from today’s homily during Mass in St. Peter’s Square. Full homily: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

This World Communion Sunday at McGill Baptist Church in Concord, NC: “A Communion That Embraces Differences” (Exodus 16:2-4; Ephesians 4:1-16; John 6:24-35).

Representing the Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity at the tri-state assembly of Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Alabama CBF, and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Georgia. Stop by and visit awhile if you’re there!

Pope Leo XIV > Karoline Leavitt (and the administration for which she speaks) as to what constitutes inhumane treatment.

Headed to Chattanooga to represent the Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity at the Tri-State Assembly of Tennessee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Alabama CBF, and CBF of Georgia. If you’re there, I hope you’ll stop by our booth to learn about our degree programs & an upcoming lecture series.

“October—
And kingdoms rise
And kingdoms fall
But You go on
And on”
—Title track from U2’s sophomore album, released 44 years ago (gulp!) this month

This is what it means to be a “synodal church” that listens to one another in walking together on the path to fuller participation in what God is doing. www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/09...

Today's the fourth anniversary of the release of my book Baptists, Catholics, and the Whole Church: Partners in the Pilgrimage to Unity, a copy of which appears in this photo. Creative captions invited in comments. 😉 And if you're interested, give it a read: www.amazon.com/Baptists-Cat...

Pope Leo weighs in on controversy over Cardinal Cupich giving Sen. Durbin immigration award "They are very complex issues," Pope Leo said, and "I don't know if anyone has all the truth on them."

Article with larger context for the quote from Pope Leo--and other significant remarks from him today, too: www.americamagazine.org/news/2025/09...

#AuthenticPopeLeoXIVQuote today reported by Reuters: apple.news/AYaKDFPaoRXK...

Also: the Secretary of Defense (his legal title) has now said it’s OK for drill sergeants to beat recruits.

2/2 (And no matter what a President may say, if officers are permitted to “do whatever the hell” they want, there will be more My Lai Massacres.)

1/2 While I agree with Pope Francis that “there is no such thing as a just war,” I also believe that just war theory, especially its principles of “jus in bello”—ethical conduct in warfare, i.e. “rules of engagement”—provides important safeguards against another My Lai Massacre.

As deportation terror mounts, Cardinal McElroy asks U.S. Catholics, ‘Who is your neighbor?’ Cardinal McElroy charged that the nation has been experiencing “a comprehensive governmental assault designed to produce fear and terror among millions of men and women” and to make life unbearable fo...

Thank you, Cardinal McElroy. www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...

Christian activist David Barton will advise Texas State Board of Education during social studies overhaul Barton’s appointment comes ahead of what is expected to be a politically charged debate over how and what children should learn about history.

I’m a native Texan, historical theologian, and Baptist minister. As such, I think that having David Barton advise the Texas State Board of Education is an abysmally bad idea. (And that David Barton is an abysmally bad “historian.”) www.texastribune.org/2025/09/24/t...

Join us for Peter Enns’s Mary Washburn Wilson lectures on the theme “Reading the Bible Prayerfully and with Eyes Open” at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity on October 28.

This Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost at McGill Baptist Church in Concord, NC: “Living Toward the Future” (Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15; 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31).

On September 25, 1976--49 years ago--the band that would come to be known as U2 was formed in the kitchen of drummer Larry Mullen Jr.'s childhood home. www.u2songs.com/shows/1976_0...