by Yohanna Katanacho | May 16, 2018 | Opinion
We lament the killing of almost 60 of our people in Gaza. We lament the injury of hundreds of our children, the trauma of our people, their hunger, their humiliation and their dehumanization. We bleed tears and feel great anguish as we see the brutality of...
by Stuart Blythe | May 15, 2018 | Opinion
A colleague noted on his Facebook page that he had seen little reference to World Earth Day (April 22). There could be numerous reasons for this. One of them is what ethicist Willis Jenkins calls “moral incompetence.” This is no insult, but the recognition...
by Leroy Seat | May 14, 2018 | Opinion
Today is the launch of the new Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) activities. The original PPC was inaugurated by Martin Luther King Jr. Mainly because of his tragic assassination 601 months ago, it didn’t accomplish what he had hoped for. The primary leader of...
by Rabbi Edward Rettig | May 14, 2018 | Opinion
Jonathan Kuttab is a well-known Palestinian-American lawyer. His recent thought-provoking series of articles (“Troubling Considerations About Christian Zionism” – parts one and two) concludes with an invitation to offer “new perspectives that...
by Jim Kelsey | May 14, 2018 | Opinion
We are nicer when we journey together. In writing about civility, Gil Rendle (“Behavioral Covenants in Congregations: A Handbook for Honoring Differences”) cites the work of Yale professor Stephen Carter, who argues that riding in a subway, bus or train...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 12, 2018 | Opinion
Maybe it’s a sign of age, but I cannot bring myself to make small purchases with a credit or debit card when cash money is still available. I know that there are many people who carry no cash at all, and pay for everything from coffee to clothes with a debit or...
