An Aggressive Peace
byI smiled at the man wearing a beige baseball cap, with bold black letters declaring, Shalom Shalom Because I smiled, he thought (rightfully…
Editorial
Not Words, but Deeds
byWhat I learned in Teaneck “ . . . Not words, but deeds. The daily life tells much more than any number of words….
Big Lies and the Prescription against “Wokeness”
byWhen John Poulos, CEO of Dominion Voting Systems talked to “60 Minutes” in an October episode, the man looked weary and close to tears….
Windy Nights
byThe story was a classic in my father’s sermons. To this day, however, I remember the wisdom of a mere boy’s response to a…
The Wake-Up Call from Jackson, Mississippi
byRepeated occurrences of water failures indicate neglect, and call for long-term solutions. #FaithfilledFridays #FaithwithWorks #Faithworks #handsandfeet Because of my work in Disaster Response as…
The Foul-Smelling Flood of Indifference
byTrouble in the Water, Again From the Message Vault, March April 2016 #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Whatsnext Editor’s Note: Residents in Jackson, Mississippi suffer repeated interruptions…
The Intimate Observer of Our Choices
byIt takes effort in our technologically tethered world to imagine life where no one knows where you are, or that you even exist. In…
POWER LUNCH
byLin Manuel Miranda’s character, “Sonny” in the musical “In the Heights,” is sensitive to the power imbalance between the haves and have nots. His…
THE BOOTS
byDon’t ask me where I heard the story, but one motif remained lodged in my memory: the winter boots. Perhaps some compelling reasons are…
Three Time-Worn Relational Dynamics That Need to Change
byExoneration of Kyle Rittenhouse for the August 2020 killings of John Rosenblum and Anthony Huber, and serious wounding of Gaige Grosskreutz, repulsed our sense…