Opinion

Practicing faith in community involves helping cultivate imagination for the possibility of living life beyond the restrictive dictates of an oppressive status quo and then faithfully living into that holy vision together. In Harvard Square these days, this means the…

My British friend Paul Maconochie was once riding in my car as we returned to my home from a retreat. He asked how far it was to the house. I replied, “Only an hour and a half.” His response was…

For those of us who grew up Baptist in the Southeast, the dichotomy between our faith and our political life isn’t a recent aberration. Instead, it’s the manifestation of a longstanding unwillingness to unite these two parts of our souls.

“For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” That’s the way I memorized Newton’s third law, probably when I was in Mr. Pierce’s 7th grade physical science class. Newton’s law is inviolable truth for the properties and movement…

As we discern the demands of these new times, let us contemplate with devotion the God who loves the stranger, the widow, the orphan, the poor and the oppressed. As we contemplate God, we will discern our call to action, too.

Al tratar de discernir las demandas de estos nuevos tiempos, contemplemos con devoción al Dios que ama a la persona extranjera, huérfana, viuda, pobre y oprimida. Contemplando a Dios, discerniremos también nuestro llamado a la acción.