Letting Go—And Its Complications
The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World. HarperOne.read more
View Article'Punk Jews' Highlights Judaism's 'Myriad Flavors'
"Here's how you bring light into the world," says a scruffy-bearded man in shirtsleeves and a knit cap on a Brooklyn rooftop. "First, you get up in the morning and you scream!" His mischievous grin...
View ArticleGround Operation
Through farming, veterans across the country tend to the soil—and the wounds of war.read more
View Article#WhyIStayed and #WhyILeft Show the Many Faces of Abuse
This week, the Baltimore Ravens terminated the contract of star runningback Ray Rice after video of Rice beating his then-fiancée Janay emerged online. Rice had previously been suspended for two games...
View ArticleThe Gospel of Mark: Manifesto of Political and Religious Defiance
I’m starting to think that Che Guevara and the Jesus of the Gospel according to Mark have an awful lot in common.I should explain, first, that I’m in the first month of My Jesus Project, a year-long...
View ArticleThe Right and Logical Thing to Do
We’ve lost Leonard Nimoy. Justly famous as Star Trek’s iconic Mr. Spock, he was also a poet, musician, and photographer. And he was my role model.I was 10 when I discovered Star Trek—and I immediately...
View ArticleTorturous Logic
As servants of a Lord who was tortured to death, we must commit to healing the wounds we have inflicted. read more
View ArticleTelling Old Stories, Again and Again
At a church workshop last week, I set aside my carefully planned teaching and just let people talk.It became clear that everyone had an old story they needed to tell. Until it was heard, no one in the...
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