I suppose that every American of my generation has a “how Dr. King shaped my life” story. Here is mine. Read more →
I was thinking about the directive of Micah 6:8, “do justice.” If you read the earlier verses, you can see that people were asking Micah questions about rules and regulations. Read more →
I love for a waitress to call me “Hon.” It’s comforting. She doesn’t know me, and I don’t know her, but we fit into well-worn, ancient categories: I am the “Hungry One” and she is the “One Who Brings Nourishment From the Unseen Source.” Read more →
The wellspring of decency is loving this life in which people die, people suffer, there are limits, and we make mistakes. Read more →
A friend of mine says that the real secret to every sermon lies in the experience that made the minister want to preach it. Read more →
What is it that makes something Evil, and not just really bad, or unfortunate, or wrong? And why does evil exist? Read more →
Sin is what caused me to leave the church and give up religion, and sin is what brought me back. Read more →
On a sunny day in September…a stern-faced, plainly dressed man could be seen standing still on a street corner in the busy Chicago Loop. As pedestrians hurried by on their way to lunch or business, he would solemnly lift his right arm, and pointing to the person nearest him, intone loudly…”GUILTY!” Read more →
When we said goodbye to our son at Logan Airport, his sisters cried and his mother hugged him hard, and I did too, and he looked embarrassed. Then they announced his flight, and he walked down the long corridor to the plane. Every now and then he’d turn around to wave, and yes, we were still there, and then he turned the corner and was gone. Read more →
Eight years ago, my mother died from ovarian cancer. It was one of the greatest blessings of my life to be able to spend the last few weeks of her life caring for her as tenderly as she had cared for me in my earliest, most vulnerable time on earth. Read more →
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