Faith

August 2019

August 01, 2019
Isaac Wright: The chaotic pull between acrimony and harmony will only intensify as the 2020...

July 2018

July 27, 2018
As a kindergartener, my favorite part of the day was storytime. Maybe it was the...

February 2017

February 27, 2017
Like many Democrats of faith, I’m still reeling—or doing something close to it—from the outcome...

August 2016

August 08, 2016
Our land of the free, home of the brave turned 240 this past Independence Day,...
August 27, 2015
(Reposted with Permission from the Author) With Pope Francis increasingly focused on economic inequality, protecting...
August 16, 2015
I’m intrigued by Bernie Sanders. When he initially announced his presidential bid for 2016, I...
August 12, 2015
Despite the recent influx of political attention given to criminal justice reform these past few...

July 2015

July 16, 2015
(Below is a modified version of a piece recently published in the International Policy Digest....
July 09, 2015
The June 26, 2015 SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage didn't settle the issue. Last month,...

May 2015

May 21, 2015
Much has been made of Hillary Clinton’s presidential run since she announced last month. However...

April 2015

April 30, 2015
This week, like me, I’m sure you prayed for peace and healing in Baltimore. Amidst...

February 2015

February 13, 2015
I was having dinner about 18 months ago in D.C. with some friends when they...

December 2014

December 25, 2014
At every Christmas Eve service my favorite part is always the final singing of Silent...

March 2014

March 24, 2014
On Friday, March 21st, Burns Strider sat down with Salena Zito of Off Road Politics'...
March 17, 2014
If you ask your average “Irish American” about the life of Saint Patrick you would...

April 2013

April 29, 2013
Co-authored by Bill Mefford, director of civil and human rights at the United Methodist Church's...

November 2012

November 09, 2012
I like telling the story of people of faith in the Democratic Party... their strength...
November 08, 2012
Democrats should feel encourage and validated by the election. President Obama’s campaign did a very...

October 2012

October 24, 2012
When we ordain those called to ministry outside the parish walls we embolden people to...
October 11, 2012
Voting these days is an act of faith. We take the time to go to...
October 09, 2012
without Jesus this progressive narrative can become self-defeating because it perpetuates the argument that we...

September 2012

September 19, 2012
If a picture is worth a thousand words, this video is worth even more.  The...
September 17, 2012
progressive Christians should not categorically condemn those who claim their faith must publicly inform all...
September 06, 2012
I’m not into word counts. And, neither are Americans. We all know that we are...
September 05, 2012
Of the many differences between this year’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions, there’s one that...
September 04, 2012
If you feel like “Life” is the sole issue Christians should vote on, I don’t...

August 2012

August 29, 2012
Paul Ryan’s discipleship of this atheist’s teachings shaped his belief in a form of distorted...
August 29, 2012
The tendency of many leaders of the religious right and Republicans to focus on purity...
August 20, 2012
There’s a lot of talk about the relationship between church and state.  Whether it’s the...
August 17, 2012
We now find ourselves in much of the same place we did in 2005. We...
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