Category: Featured
What Rick Santorum Doesn’t Get About Bigotry
The title of this post might sound a little obvious to many who have concluded already that Santorum is a bigot for his anti-gay sentiments. But I think it’s important to take a look at why he ... Read More
9/11 – 10: A Decade Lost for Immigrants
America’s collective unconscious cannot confront the anxiety of recognizing the central conflict: We are a nation of immigrants, but 9/11 would not have happened had we let the right immigrants in. ... Read More
Interreligious Dialogue and 9/11? Fanaticism is Not Religion.
As we hurry forward toward the tenth anniversary of 9/11/2001, all sorts of discussions are popping up, and many of them have an interfaith perspective. I am a huge fan and proponent of, and partici... Read More
The Vice of Revenge
Gary Younge’s recent editorial in The Guardian looks back on collective American attitudes and behaviors since September 11, 2001. Many of the points he makes are strikingly similar to those I mad... Read More
Lyrical Wisdom of John Legend
My summer experience working as a hospital chaplain taught me how to listen, and the sacred space that can emerge from slowing down and embracing the Divine the comes from the stories shared by one an... Read More
Dangerous Narratives: Lessons from the German Christian Movement for the American Church
It was a damp, rainy day when I witnessed the black iron gate that looms ominously over Auschwitz I. ‘Arbeit macht frei’, it pronounces: “Work will set you free.” I could not help but noti... Read More
The End of Spirituality: On the Trail to a Sacred Secularity
This is a guest post by Chris Highland a professor at Cherry Hill Seminary. We are all tired of the contemporary cliche, “Spiritual but not Religious.” We might be surprised to hear someon... Read More
Dear Paul: Don’t Forget to Forget Me
This post originally appeared in The Good Men Project. You’ve probably never listened to—or heard of—Paul Mauriat and his Dynamic Orchestra. And, really, this is okay. Musically, you... Read More