How Your Congregation Can Encourage Diversity

Ongoing discussions following the release of the Department of Justice report on the behaviors and actions perpetrated by the police and courts of Ferguson, Missouri, reveal that our nation is divided along multiple lines. Religious and civil rights leaders of all...

Putting Names to Faces of Undocumented Immigrants

The number of international migrants is staggering, with more than 231 million international migrants worldwide. A global exodus of women, men and children fleeing the misery and violence in their countries is taking place. When people lack the resources to provide...

Why Radical Islam Doesn’t Matter – Part 2

International media coverage in recent years has focused significantly on responding to ISIS. As a result, the increasing tension between the U.S. and Russia and China has received less attention than it should. By sane and carefully thought-out responses, the U.S....

How You Can Live in Terrible Times

The news is terrible lately. Maybe news always is bad. Many eras bristle with horror, and knowing some history gives us perspective. But it seems so bad now: Christians beheaded in Libya and more fleeing to Egypt, Christians kidnapped in Syria, ancient artifacts...

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

“The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” has the same winning ingredients as the first film. There is a sumptuous setting in India and characters who combine being interesting with being vulnerable, played by actors and actresses of consummate skill who are...

Long time, no write

I don’t often go ten days without posting a fresh blog, but I don’t often have surgery, either. Or complications. At the risk of prompting an OMG TMI! response, I’ll tell the story in brief and see if we can find something to make it worth the...