It was the summer we emptied my grandparents’ house. My grandmother had died during the winter. Now, aunts, uncles, long-lost cousins, all descended on the

Right before lunch I went to see a parishioner at work. Her mother-in-law had just died. Her husband had been there with his mother. I

I was looking for writers, people willing to share their thoughts about Christianity, the church, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. I was

I am a fairly regular blood donor—which is sort of amazing given my squeamishness and dislike of needles. I find that if I look away

Twenty-one Coptic Christian men were executed in Libya last month by people claiming association with the Islamic State. The reverberations from this tragedy still echo

Then I said, “That’s why I can’t call myself a human being anymore!” The conversation had been about impoverished parents selling their children into the

Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, died on April 8, 2013. To the extent I can recall, she was celebrated for

The large pencils carried in the protests and vigils after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, caught my eye. I think they reminded me of

It was one of the most memorable meetings of my life, hastily called without a clear reason why. When I entered the room I could