Reading Ryan Stollar’s final message through the lens of trauma

By Roger Lovette Days ago we had our Christmas cards printed. On the card is a picture of my wife and me standing high on a hill overlooking Budapest, Hungary. Next is a picture of my wife and our daughter…

By Eileen Campbell-Reed Becoming a pastor, priest, rabbi or imam is no simple matter. The Calling, a new four-hour documentary premiering on PBS, follows seven men and women on their paths to becoming religious leaders. Over the course of 18…

By Lacy Thompson “Does it look right?” “What?” he asks, without moving his eyes from the television screen. It is the football rivalry game of the year. “Do I have it right?” “Do you have what right?” “The nativity scene….

By David Gushee Christmas draws near and 2010 comes to a close. For my year-end column, I offer scattered musings on what were, for me, some of the biggest surprises of 2010. In no particular order, I am surprised: —…

By Norman Jameson Between April and June 1994 an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days in a tribal, ethnic genocide that people outside of Rwanda still do not understand. Most of the dead were Tutsis…

By David Wilkinson The window washers left our house at sunset last night with about 90 percent of the job done. Seems the rest is up to us: we can live with being mostly clean or we can finish the…