Religious liberty — and its wise use

By John Pierce My freshman daughter sent a text yesterday as she was making her way across the expansive University of Georgia campus. The Gideons were everywhere, she said, handing out copies of the New Testament. “Is that legal on a public university...

British Chaplains: Universities Serve Common Good

The series of catastrophes that has already pummeled the world’s economies, and which is not over yet by any means, has focused the minds of our policy-makers in a wonderful way. We would all agree that this is overdue; most of us have very little expertise in...

Spider guy?

I’ve been keeping tabs on a new member of the neighborhood, a large black and yellow garden spider who hangs her web between a holly bush and the post holding our community doggy-doo can. The spider’s bright colors stand out against the background of brown...

Self-Appointed God-Protectors Hinder God’s Work

The Gospels are replete with stories of Jesus’ many encounters with the religious leaders in Jerusalem, and not all of them were pleasant. Jesus and these religious leaders debated and argued on just about every religious issue of the day. Healing on the...