Autism and Easter

She was born perfect. Second-born child with blonde hair, bright eyes and all the right sounds: “God had smiled on us,” her mother said. Life was good. Second-born child with blonde hair, bright eyes and all the right sounds: “God had smiled on...

Unto the Third and Fourth Generation

The founding vision of a corporation is not easy to sustain, especially unto the third and fourth generation. Take, for example, the Norstan Corporation. Thirty-two years ago, Paul Baszucki and Sid Cohen gathered resources and ambitions in a garage and launched a...

Deliver Us From Evil

We are a long way from Kosovo, and it has been a long time since things there were on the front page of our minds. New York, Afghanistan and Iraq lead the list of hot spots that now dominate the attention of the world. Yet once again the Balkan states are on the verge...

Spiritual, Evangelical, Sacramental and Plural

The religious history of America is best understood if we talk about four traditions that have characterized the life of believers: Spiritual, Evangelical, Sacramental and Plural. For 500, these have shaped our nation, but each in its own time and in its own way. They...

Does God Belong in the Constitution?

Article 8 of the new Iraqi constitution reads: “Islam is the official religion of the State and is to be considered a source of legislation. No law that contradicts the universally agreed tenets of Islam…may be enacted…. This Law respects the Islamic identity of...