Stand (or Sit or Recline) on the Side of Love: Honoring the Life of Michael Brown, Witnessing His Murder

(Updated 9/1/14)Don’t turn away from the news. Find a way to read some of it.....


Why I am NOT going to North Carolina*

*but I really wish I was For 12 brief hours, I really thought I could cough up....


An Invitation to be Maladjusted (sermon)

READING ONE I knew that the tributes would be pouring in immediately from....


Mitzvahs at the March

When I see facial expressions or the way she pushes her hair from her face much....


Sign of the Times: Signs of the March

Here is my photo montage of the March on Washington, 2013.  It is wholly....


A Bridge, Not a Wedge: Why I am Going to the March on Washington Tomorrow

Our job is to use love, anger, and imagination to show where to go, and....


Behind the Kitchen Door: Standing on the Side of Ethical Food Management Curricula

I have a daughter who is a rising senior in high school. It is August.  She....


Reflections on Immigration as a Moral Issue

I have just returned from several weeks in Europe (lucky me, I know).  Not....


Running Deep: Arriving at Deportation Airport in Germany

Of the many signs indicating that this was Frankfurt Flughafen (airport), the....


On Not Knowing the Language: Interfaith Work on Immigration Justice

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment.  It is the ultimate....