Blog – Page 46 – How to Heal Our Divides

When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets.

If, for ideological reasons, we cannot agree that human activity contributes to climate change, then we should consider it pragmatically, […]

I’ve traveled around the country working at the intersection of progressive politics and religion for the past decade and met

Think about everyday experiences outside of politics – in your family, neighborhood, workplace, or the voluntary associations to which you

Now more than ever, those who care about the reconciliation command of the cross must speak up and out about

Because I know the R-word freaks everybody out, let’s go about defining it too, because I mean something very

Were Alexis de Tocqueville to travel to America once again – further on in our national story – what might

Back in 2011, Richard Rohr wrote a book called Falling Upward. Richard, a warmhearted Franciscan brother, Catholic priest, insightful teacher,

For Jesus, a politics of love manifests itself in the form of compassion, which in Latin means literally to “suffer

When historians look back at the history of Christianity and politics in the United States, 2016 will hopefully be marked

We need to begin to heal from all the horrors of our histories and heritages. from Religion News Service

from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/04/15/interfaith-campus-partnerships-are-building-bridges-to-overcome-our-divisions/

As I listen in on private and public conversations about the problems of American democracy, I’m struck time and again

White privilege means that even though your life may not be easy, the color of your skin does not provide

A dictionary for these polarized times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/infrastructure-democrats-republicans.html

After decades of regional tensions at the Triennial Conventions, where Baptists gathered to coordinate their church and missions work in