How Do We Counter Conspiracy Theories?

How Do We Counter Conspiracy Theories?

by | Sep 17, 2021 | Opinion

I attended meetings of the John Birch Society when I was in elementary school. I can’t remember how it happened that I was, on several evenings, in a room full of adults who watched 8mm movies and filmstrips, listened to recordings and reported on books and articles...
As Your Church Regathers, What’s Next?

As Your Church Regathers, What’s Next?

by | Jun 29, 2021 | Opinion

The regathering of our churches for worship and other ministries has been a source of relief, a reason for gratitude and a cause for celebration. During a long season of necessary isolation from one another, we’ve realized how crucial our physical presence with one...
Why This Troubled World Should Go On

Why This Troubled World Should Go On

by | Dec 23, 2020 | Opinion

When we hold a baby, we cradle possibility and touch tomorrow. As Carl Sandburg said in his book, Remembrance Rock, “A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.” Mary and Joseph brought their baby to the temple to do what Torah, the Law of Moses, required of...
We Can’t Allow the Nightmares to Come True

We Can’t Allow the Nightmares to Come True

by | Nov 3, 2020 | Opinion

With a crowd of other children, I toddled through a school lunchroom, holding my mother’s hand as we moved closer to the front of a line at one of several tables covered with sugar cubes in very small paper cups. When it was my turn, a nurse handed me a sugar cube,...
When You’re Overwhelmed by Crisis After Crisis

When You’re Overwhelmed by Crisis After Crisis

by | Aug 11, 2020 | Opinion

It’s bewildering to reckon with the interlocking crises we face. To name only some of them: soaring case rates of COVID-19 infections, overburdened hospitals, politicization of mask-wearing and school-opening, rising unemployment, nonprofits cutting staff or closing...