Midway through last week, I sat at the kitchen table with my boys. That very day, my denomination was in the throes of some really tough...

The other day, I wended my way through rush hour traffic to get to a small church gathering that ended up not happening. It was unfortun...

In the flutter of infotainment that flows by in an endless wash, one bit of data from last week stuck with me.  The decision of the IOC to...

As things continue to trundle inexorably towards military conflict in the Middle East...again...the inevitability of war is desperately fr...

The big contentious issue for this year...at least as it's being construed by the conservative and progressive wings in the Presbyterian...

Both of my sons are Jewish, and they as of yet have not visited Israel. One of these days, I want to be able to go there with them. But f...

American politics is littered with third rails, topics or subjects that can't be broached or addressed in any meaningful way without fry...