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On November 5 – 4 days before the annual remembrance of Kristallnacht (the beginning of the Holocaust) – the Reading (PA) Eagle reported that a catholic school in Hanover, PA,…

On Friday I wrote about a huge part of our population that is spiritually unmoored; those who have had little to no connection with faith communities, and who I believe…

Regular worship attendance in America has always been a minority event, with the exception of a few years in the mid-20th century. The whole idea that we were such a…

When the conversation about Jeffrey Epstein reemerged, I wrote, “Who could have known that a deviant pedophile rapist would finally bring Americans together?” I had hoped that our moral outrage…

Last week, in what can only be seen as a historic election, Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City. The new mayor is a Democratic Socialist and a…

It is one of those old-timey words that is rarely used. Avarice is often considered a synonym of greed, but in its use, it feels like so much more. It…

Chris and I recently went to dinner at a very nice restaurant – part of our 40th Anniversary year-long celebration – and at the table next to us were two…

I remember the first time I attended the Firefly Music Festival in Delaware about 12 years ago. I saw a lot of interesting things. One of the most interesting –…

The newly appointed Superintendent of Schools in Oklahoma has rescinded the previous superintendent’s order to put a Christian Bible in every public-school classroom. This is good news. Not because I…

The last 20 years have brought some uncomfortable truths to American Christians, and one of the most troubling – for churches – is that we really aren’t as faithful to…