Category: News
Sikh Prof. Prabhjot Singh Was Not The ‘Victim’ of a Hate Crime
This article originally appeared on Religion Dispatches Recently, my close friend Dr. Prabhjot Singh was assaulted in an apparent hate crime near his home in New York City. Although many headlines pro... Read More
Storytime for Congress
The government shutdown drags on. Watching Congress’ continued “incredible ineptitude,” as the United Methodist Women have called it, with increasing frustration, incredulity, and a sense of pow... Read More
The Problem with Noah
Jewish communities around the world read the Biblical story of Noah and The Flood this week. For most of my life, I’ve thought that this story is horrible. Sure, the idea that God cares enough about... Read More
The Silent Streets: 50 years after shouts rang out in Jackson, Mississippi
“Oh God, the heathen have come into your inheritance; they have profaned your holy temple.” Psalm 79:1 “I helped create this,” stated Reverend Ed King as we ate lunch at the Ma... Read More
Loving Courage to Worship the Gungod No More
I am calling for us to end our perverse worship of the Gungod. I am calling for us to end the daily slaughter which is the perverse liturgy that drenches our communities with the gore of human blood ... Read More
No longer will they call you Forsaken
A piece from young America’s favorite news source, The Onion, recently came out, entitled “Poll: Majority of Americans Approve of Sending Congress to Syria.” It’s funny, see&... Read More
When Islamists Change Their Mind
Cartoons today, Egypt tomorrow? Recently a Catholic friend of mine revealed that he is considering going Episcopalian because, as a married man in his 30s, he is sensing a spiritual and vocational cal... Read More
Proof in the Pudding
On August 14, 2013, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected Elizabeth Eaton as its presiding bishop. She is the first woman bishop in American Lutheran history. Eaton carried the vote wit... Read More