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November 2013

November 20, 2013
Pagan leader Jason Pitzl-Waters spoke in my world religions class yesterday. Jason is perhaps best...
November 18, 2013
Interfaith or multi-faith discourse can easily fall prey to agreeing to agree on everything, even...
November 15, 2013
One of the questions I asked at the end of the post “Reconciliation Is More...
November 14, 2013
When does a boy become a man? What is the measure of his manhood? What...
November 11, 2013
This piece was originally published at the Evangelical Immigration Table. A student from Arizona once...
November 09, 2013
Reconciliation apart from justice is not reconciliation. So, too, biblical justice entails reconciliation. To adapt...
November 06, 2013
The image of the stained glass window of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama hangs...
November 04, 2013
The other day my world religions class visited a mosque. The Muslim lecturer and friend...
November 02, 2013
The multi-ethnic church movement is not some passing fad. It is more than a two-day...

October 2013

October 31, 2013
Note: Today I had the opportunity to give this address on behalf of the Faculty during a...
October 28, 2013
Author's note: An African American friend of mine raised respectful concern over my use of...
October 25, 2013
This piece originally appeared at Sojourners on October 14, 2013. I watched 12 Years a Slave today....
October 23, 2013
How in the world did Marissa Alexander get sentenced to twenty years in prison for...
October 21, 2013
When it comes to justice issues, activists, theorists and policy makers living in the moment...
October 18, 2013
Some of you may be familiar with Pink Floyd’s classic song “Comfortably Numb,” which appears...
October 17, 2013
What makes for healthy theology on the subject of healthcare? I suppose it all depends...
October 15, 2013
The jury is still out on Obamacare. Opinions vary. If somehow it were shut down...
October 11, 2013
A friend asked me the following questions based on my blog post with Tom Krattenmaker...
October 09, 2013
One of my fears with screening fetuses for diseases and handicaps, among other things, is...
October 07, 2013
What do you do? You are a healthcare administrator and you have to make a decision....
October 04, 2013
By Paul Louis Metzger and Tom Krattenmaker Why is it that while talk abounds of...
October 03, 2013
Jimmy Kimmel recently aired interviews of people who were asked which they preferred and why—Obamacare...

September 2013

September 30, 2013
Have you read Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, “The Emperor Has No Clothes”? It’s the story...
September 27, 2013
Much has been made this week of the Supreme Court’s decision that the Indian Child...
September 25, 2013
The movie Patch Adams addresses the subject of health care in a holistic manner. The movie...
September 23, 2013
The most dangerous force in the world is not Al Qaida, nor some Special Ops...
September 21, 2013
How many decision makers passing the bill to cut $40 billion from food stamps over...
September 19, 2013
What difference does the Trinity make for Christian thought and life? While opinions vary, I...
September 16, 2013
A professional clown informed a group of amateurs such as myself that "You don't have to...
September 14, 2013
The multi-ethnic church race is not a sprint, but a marathon race for life. What...
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