Weed Out Roots of Sadness From Your Heart

03.25.2018 ________________________________________ Most humanitarians, secularists and people of faith, regardless of theology or philosophy, embrace the belief that how we Continue reading →

“Guided by the beauty of our weapons”

04.09.2017 ________________________________________   Thursday night, when America attacked Syria’s Shayrat airfield with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles, MSNBC’s Brian Williams waxed Continue reading →

Prophets Would Stand with Huddled Classes Yearning to be Free

04.20.2014 _____________________ Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is being embraced by much of America’s right wing as a sort of modern-day Continue reading →

On Palm Sunday, a Chance to Reaffirm our Common Humanity

04.13.2014 _____________________ After church the women gathered, weathered, stout, some stooped, bent from years working in fields, mills, factories. All Continue reading →

After Tenebrae Let Us Gather Together in the Light

03.31.2013 _____________________ The most beautiful Christian service I have ever witnessed I encountered in Cambridge, Mass. Within the walls of Continue reading →

Syria is Part of the Cold War’s Toxic Debris

06.03.2012 _____________________ The Arabic coffee was thick, bitter. Unsweetened. Brought to a foamy boil three times, then served steaming hot Continue reading →

Salvific Stories Inspire Truth and Beauty

04.08.2012 _____________________ On Palm Sundays, after church, the women gathered, weathered, stout, some stooped and bent from working years in Continue reading →