The Hazards of Distraction
To be close to family, my wife, Amparo, and I recently moved from Iowa to Colorado, and I’ve been soaking up the natural beauty here. About five minutes from our ...
“If You Want Peace…”
I’ve always liked the slogan, “If you want peace, work for justice.” It’s a 1972 quote from Pope Paul VI, according to an online site summarizing five sources. The quote ...
The Sizzle Instead of the Steak
Having studied Journalism as well as taught it at the university level and spent much of my life in journalism, I’m sensitive – some might say obsessive – about the ...
Calm in Danger, Disorder and Confusion?
If you’re at all tuned into Holy Week, reading or hearing the passages about the cruel and inhumane treatment endured by Jesus, you will be amazed at the apparent calm ...
When Love Comes at a Price
Tish Harrison Warren, an Episcopal priest who writes a column about religion for the New York Times, recently wrote about the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a pastor in Birmingham, Ala. in ...
What Makes Us Happy?
Attending church recently, I heard the gospel of the day – the annual reading that includes what is known as “the Beatitudes” – for what I calculate to be about ...