Remembering a 19th century lynching near my church
A historian contacted us about a tour of sites where mobs had lynched people—including the locust tree across from our sanctuary.
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Sin is about not knowing who we are
Mystics understand what moralists do not: God pulls us like a magnet to our essence.
Talking about religious decline with a Buddhist priest
The local clergy conversation turned to nostalgia about our so-called Christian past. I asked the Buddhist priest next to me what he thought.
Why do extremely wealthy people hate the idea of higher marginal tax rates
It's not like paying more taxes would change a billionaire’s quality of life.