by Steven R. Harmon | Jan 21, 2022 | Opinion
January 18-25 is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Since 1908, when it was launched by Lurana White and Episcopal priest Paul Wattson, co-founders of the Society of the Atonement religious order, Christian churches of all denominations worldwide have devoted...
by Steven R. Harmon | Jan 3, 2019 | Opinion
What’s an ecumenical dialogue like? For those who have some experience in higher education, it’s pretty much like a departmental faculty meeting that lasts most of the day, five days in a row – except that it’s infinitely more interesting (to me, at least) and of...
by Steven R. Harmon | Jan 2, 2019 | Opinion
Pope Francis characterized the act of preaching as a rejoining of a conversation that has already been going on for a long time in his 2013 apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium (“On the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World”). “The homily takes up once more...
by Steven R. Harmon | Nov 30, 2004 | Opinion
Before beginning my day of teaching on the morning of Nov. 23, I did something many folks might not expect a minister and theologian to do. I drove to the nearest music store and bought the latest CD by the world’s most popular rock group—U2’s How to...
