Monthly Archives: October 2014

            Anybody tired of campaign ads yet?  Every year when the ads begin, I’m hopeful.  The first ads name the issues and explain how candidates plan to address them.  Then somebody’s poll numbers slip and–they’ll tell an interviewer– “I didn’t … Continue reading →

Today’s passage from Philippians was written by the Apostle Paul in the 1st c.  Like most of Paul’s letters, this one addresses a key topic for Paul:  how to do Christian community well. In Paul’s day, community was unavoidable.  With … Continue reading →

Today, along with Kailash Satyarthi of India, Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.  In 2012 when she was 15, Malala was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban.  Miraculously, she was not killed. … Continue reading →

Here’s a letter to the Emory community (I’m an Emory grad, so I was included in the mass email) by President James Wagner after Sunday morning’s anti-semitic attack on an historically Jewish fraternity on campus. I do not understand why … Continue reading →