Last year I got a new domain for my personal pages as part of upgrading my hosting package. Now I've finally gotten around to installing blogging software there so I can...
We have been treated to great controversy about the sermons of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. He has been bitterly denounced in The...
Normally the news is dominated by stories of man's inhumanity to man, politicians squabbling with one another while avoiding penetrating discussion of real issues, and the...
Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Those of us who are old enough probably remember that day. At the time, I...
Fifty years ago today, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament began using the peace symbol. This was about the time I became active in the peace movement, goading my parents...
MoveOn.org has announced that its members voted to endorse Barack Obama in a poll supposedly requiring 2/3 support. I'm on their email list (which they interpret as being a...
I was pleased to see that part of the way Virginia Tech is planning to use Norris Hall, site of the horrible violence on April 16, 2007, was to create a new Center for Peace...
Why must one choose between support for the life of the unborn and support for the dignity and rights of animals? And why must one choose between support for the life of the...
I've begun reading a pre-publication copy of Brian D. McLaren's new book, Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope, which is to be released October...
[Today I was the lead-off speaker for the annual conference of Democrats for Life of America, which focused this year on the theme of The Consistent Life Ethic. This is the text...
In his reflections on Falwell's Legacy, Jim Wallis of Sojourners/Call to Renewal notes that "I am with him" regarding having what Wallis calls a "public faith." There is more...
In the last couple of weeks our household began to get calls, often several times a day, from 412-622-7387, showing as "PUB INTEREST CM" in the Caller ID. They never left a...
Presumably readers are familiar with the tragic situation in Darfur. Darfur comes up in a members-only FAQ from Amnesty International (AI) USA on the policy recently adopted by...
This guest commentary is by Pope Benedict XVI, given in St. Peter's Square on February 18, 2007. I am not a Roman Catholic, but the Pope here speaks the truth of the gospel,...
A study released October 20, 2006 by the Program on International Policy Attitudes, What Kind of Foreign Policy Does the American Public Want?, showed that the majority of...
How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,' when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank...
At Cedar Ridge Community Church, sometimes people say that we don't do altar calls. There are some good reasons for being wary about altar calls as they are customarily done.One...
I participated in Cedar Ridge Community Church's Contemplative Retreat August 19-20, 2006 at Bon Secours Spiritual Center in Marriottsville, Maryland. While there I walked on...
Recently I saw the movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, based on the novel by C.S. Lewis. I have not read the book, nor have I read extensively...
Martin Luther King Jr. denounced the "giant triplets of racism, materialism and militarism." On the day set aside to remember his life and work, it is appropriate to reflect on...
People often think that the ordinary person can't really have much impact. There is a myth that it is only the politically prominent and those who can command public...
What sort of attitude and behavior merits God's blessings? In what circumstances might it actually be blasphemy for a nation - thinking particularly of my nation - to ask for...
Yesterday, I was shocked to read the following from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in releasing the Fifth Annual Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report,...
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