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Time capsule
The only college paper I saved was written when I was a sophomore. Dated “Thanksgiving 1946,” it turned up a couple of years ago in my files....
Entering the millennium on Christian time
On pilgrimage through history
How objective is science?
Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution a Social Construction, by Michael Ruse...
Two Kingdoms, Two Loyalties, by Perry Bush
Perry Bush has set himself a daunting task: to tell the story of Mennonite pacifism from World War I through Vietnam....
A Royal Waste of Time, by Marva J. Dawn
Marva Dawn excels at demonstrating how good worship and good liturgy meet the very needs that drive us to their substitutes....
Rethinking Modern Judaism, by Arnold M. Eisen
What came first, the chicken of belief or the egg of ritual? And how do they relate to each other?...
The reinvented church: Styles and strategies: New paradigms and renewed churches
My personal religious pilgrimage is not exceptional. I grew up in a community church in southern California that had evangelical leanings....
Faithful witness: Interfaith engagement
The sharp awareness of religious pluralism that developed in the 20th century is likely only to intensify in the 21st century....
Millennial reflections on an interdependent world: Managing the planet
Some months ago the New Yorker carried a "Millennium Travel Advisory"—a special advertising section concerning a "Global Party." "Talk about the mega super-event of our times," it said....
Manipulated protest: Mosque dispute in Nazareth
For two November days, pilgrims were turned away from major Christian shrines throughout Palestine-Israel....
Can peace last? Backlog of mistrust in Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland
What new thing has happened in Northern Ireland? The peace agreement reached on Good Friday 1998 has begun to be implemented....
The waters of solidarity: Genesis 1:1-5; Mark 1:4-11
The baptism of Jesus is Mark's Christmas story.
HallowThanksMas
We are coming to the close of the season of HallowThanksMas. It begins the last week of October and extends until Christmas Day....
A man for our times
Aristotle says that three elements are necessary for a successful argument: ethos, pathos and logos. Ethos refers to the character of the one who speaks or writes....
Understanding evangelicals
Blessed Assurance: A History of Evangelicalism in America, by Randall Balmer...
Leadership that matters: Lessons from and for the parish
A year ago my wife took a leave from teaching middle school to enter a graduate program in school administration....
Bipartisan sins: Ideologies and scandal
Let's institute a moratorium on citing the sexual (or fiscal) indiscretions of various leaders and linking their misdeeds to the individuals' ideology, whether of the left or right....
Holy instincts: Beneath the tinsel
Christmas is coming. I know this not because of the weather, which is still balmy, nor the date....