Category: Leadership
Vote for Jesus! On politics, pulpits, and public theology
Politicking. It’s a dangerous game to play. The political arena is a nasty space in the quest for votes and power, with much weeping and gnashing of teeth. Backbiting, name calling, cutting an... Read More
Fear, Blame & Solidarity: What Does Democracy Look Like?
#OccupyWallStreet is a serious movement. I spent some time among the people at Zuccotti Park recently, and it is truly an inspiring thing to witness and be a part of. There is a great amount of organi... Read More
Of Mormons, Baptists, and Liberty of Conscience
On 7 October, Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, was speaking to reporters outside the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC, where he had just introduced Republican presidenti... Read More
Domestic Violence: A Social Pandemic
This weekend I finally made time to watch “For Colored Girls” and halfway through the movie I found myself upset and impassioned. I felt these emotions because I found myself, my story and the s... Read More
Yom Kippur Reflection: Facing Our Own Mortality — Without Regrets
A derivative of this sermon was delivered at Temple Beth Israel in Steubenville, Ohio on Yom Kippur during Kol Nidre services, at the start of Yom Kippur. Many of the most dramatic moments in a hospit... Read More
Assert Your Authority
If on Rosh HaShanah we gain a picture of what can happen when we submit blindly to authority, Yom Kippur is our opportunity to choose another path.... Read More
Death of a Legend: Judaism and Steve Jobs
Many have heard me joke, “I have two religions: Judaism and Apple.” In Jerusalem last summer, I purchased a kippah with the “Think Different” Apple logo embroidered on its black, velvety surf... Read More
My “Call to Action” for the United Methodist Church
A.k.a. "Why I will never join a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Church again" ... Read More