People are Strange

I went to a small Quaker college in Wilmington, Ohio, and it was a very different environment from the one I grew up in. I knew little about the Society…

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Aging? Well…

This week I got to, once again, go to one of my Alma Maters – Drew University – to do research in their fabulous library. I know that most of…

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The War on Christians

Growing up in a predominantly Jewish community, I was more used to singing about Dreidel’s than Christmas Trees, at least in public. And that really only happened in school. The…

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Belonging

After we were attacked on 9/11, and even before, the response we as a nation have had towards terrorism has been mostly about rage and retribution. I have asked myself…

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The Loss of One’s Soul

“For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?” This quote from Jesus appears in Mark 8 and Matthew 16 and the word “life”…

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Pure Joy

I have been a wrestler since I was a freshman in high school; I had to miss my senior year because of an injury, but still wrestled at a small…

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Ignorance on Display

Thirty years ago, I was hired as the 1/4-time chaplain at Albright College, a United Methodist college in Reading, PA. One of my tasks was to organize the Baccalaureate service…

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Non-Sequitur

A friend of mine told me years ago about a funny thing his family did; I think it was his grandmother, but I am not sure. Anyway, when someone said…

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Against All Odds

Update: Kerri Sturg was the one who injured herself. I was in a hotel exercise room the other day for my morning wake-up session. I have my aches and pains…

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