How We Can Work to Fix a Trust Deficit in the U.S.

How We Can Work to Fix a Trust Deficit in the U.S.

Nurses have ranked as the most trusted profession in the U.S. for the past two decades. They retained this top spot in Gallup’s latest poll about how U.S. adults view the ethics and honesty of 18 professions, with 79% of U.S. adults considering nurses to have “very...
Beyond Harmony to Friendship

Beyond Harmony to Friendship

Harmony among persons who follow different faith traditions engenders mutual respect and kindness. It provides a rationale for listening to one another in order to discover who we are. It enables a willingness to be taught, helped and enriched by those who are...
That’s Amoré? No, That’s Amorite

That’s Amoré? No, That’s Amorite

Back in November, I wrote about the discovery of an ancient lice comb that was engraved with the oldest known sentence written in a very early version of the proto-Canaanite alphabet. The comb, found in the southern city of Lachish, was dated to around 1700 BCE. What...
Giving Honor Where It Is Due

Giving Honor Where It Is Due

There is a great irony in being a Christian these days. While we have been taught to confess our trespasses against God and neighbor in the context of repenting of our sins, we seem incapable of admitting our trespasses against the same in any other societal context....
America Has a Police Brutality Problem

America Has a Police Brutality Problem

Don’t resist the truth. Police brutality in America is a real problem. Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old African American man, didn’t resist arrest. Still, he died three days after a traffic stop involving Memphis police officers. He was calm and did as the officers...