As a kid, I loved Hebrews 11 with its hall of famed Bible heroes who lived by faith. I imagined them among the heavenly crowd of witnesses watching us run the race of faith (12:1). I may not have been…
Why immigration will always be a Jewish issue
This past Shabbat, I delivered a sermon at Temple Israel in Miami, musing about my early days there and tying that experience to the congregation’s support of HIAS, formerly known as Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
One Of The Super Bowl Losers Visits Trump In White House Before Champion Eagles
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker visited President Donald Trump on Thursday before the Philadelphia Eagles, the team that beat the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, have yet to travel to the White House for the traditional winners celebration.
More Americans of all political stripes support government benefits for low-income people − and Black Lives Matter could be a big reason why
For all the apparent division over Black Lives Matter, the movement may have had a widespread and positive impact on Americans’ support for policies that help the poor.
Martin E. Marty, religion historian and ‘churchman in the most serious way,’ dies at 97
Marty was a giant in the study of American Christianity and the fundamentalist movement in major faiths around the globe. He was also a warmhearted friend, mentor and pastor to many.
Educators, clergy object to lack of training requirements in school chaplain bill
Public schools could engage religious chaplains under a bill that Republican lawmakers advanced out of an Iowa House subcommittee on Tuesday.
What a liberal Jewish teen learned at a conference of conservatives
“The Rise of the Right in Contemporary American Politics” is not a class that many would think would be offered by the liberal Fieldston School. Yet despite the diverse and educationally progressive climate, the private school in the Bronx still…
What ‘Conclave’ Didn’t Show You: Inside The Secret Process Of Electing A Pope
A papal conclave is a crucial event in the Catholic Church that occurs whenever the papacy becomes vacant. The conclave itself is the process by which the College of Cardinals gathers to elect a new pope.
Utah’s flag ban: Does it target LGBTQ or promote political neutrality?
A Utah bill banning most flags in public school classrooms and government buildings will advance to a Senate vote one year after lawmakers rejected a similar bill inserted during the final hours of the session.
Wrathful deities are invoked in a Tibetan Buddhist dance in a monastery in north India
Wearing colorful robes and fearsome masks, the monks high stepped and spun around around the sandstone courtyard to the sound of drums, cymbals and long horns. Behind them towered the wrathful Buddhist diety Mahakala with his crown of skulls, carrying…
Federal Layoffs Shake Christians in Government
Earlier this month, speaking before faith leaders and political officials at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump pledged to “protect Christians in our schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, hospitals and in our public squares.”
Documentary highlights the tensions, isolation of being ‘Black + Evangelical’
A new documentary is shedding light on a group of people who are part of the evangelical Christian tradition in a way, said Wheaton College theology professor Vincent Bacote, “that’s not just white and being a Republican.”