I can't help but see in our public discourse so many of the same destructive impulses that ruled my former church We celebrate tolerance and diversity more than at any other time in memory And still we grow more and more divided We want good things But the path we've chosen looks so much like the one I walked away from four years ago We've broken...Learn More

We have been having the same argument With folks who keep peddling some version of trickle down economics They keep telling us that if we'd convert more of our investments in education and research and health care into tax cuts Especially for the wealthy Somehow we'd all be better off And now behold A feast befitting famine, a decadent display Of...Learn More

Rejoice, rejoice, for you have all been called To live and die in service of a greater cause To offer up your lives Like wheat before the unforgiving scythe In holy martyrdom, a willing sacrifice Keep the faith and reap the harvest But first you must be fruitful, breed and spread the gospel And if they will not hear you, then they will learn to...Learn More