To all the graduates at Eastern University, together with their overseers–family, friends, university faculty, and administrative deacons: Grace and peace to you from God our
Every twenty years, Bethlehem has beckoned me. In 1964, seventeen years after the outbreak of what Palestinian Arabs call “The Disaster” (an-Nakbah) and Israelis call
The debate over gay marriage that erupted in the United States during 2004 seems to have taken everyone by surprise –at least judging from the
The current presidential campaign, especially Ron Reagan Jr.’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, has brought embryonic stem cell research back to the public consciousness.
“This is your mother. I really need you to call me as soon as you get this message.” The cell phone signal was not good
Relatively new in the church’s liturgical calendar, Christ the King Day (the last Sunday before Advent, November 21 this year) merits a new hymn. Here
In March someone got a hold of Vice President Dick Cheney’s list of “downtime requirements” and promptly posted it on the Internet. Having such a
“May you live in interesting times!” is an old Chinese curse. For those who prize order, clarity, and reliability, interesting times may indeed seem like
“When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after,” wrote Blaise Pascal, “I am frightened, and am
