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When this song from REM became a hit in 1991, I had never heard the phrase before. I remember, though, that a lot of people lost their you know what…

“It’s the economy, stupid!” This sentiment was first written in a memo by James Carville in 1992 and became the central idea for the Bill Clinton campaign in 1992. More…

When I sit down to write one of these thoughts, I pray. I ask God to guide me so that what I put into words makes sense and, maybe, gives…

Judaism and Christianity are about what we can and cannot do. You can’t have other gods – you can honor your parents. You can’t mistreat the poor – you can…

God isn’t a vending machine. It seems a rather simple idea, but it divides our understanding of the nature of God like nothing else. We are taught at a very…

Yesterday’s Gospel reading was one of the bread readings – I am the bread of life, Jesus said in the Gospel of John. I think that if He were to…

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…

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…

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…

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…