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August 2019

August 01, 2019

King, Isaiah, and the Politics of Now

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

July 2018

July 27, 2018

Stone Soup for the Soul: An Intern’s Lesson in Community Building

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

December 2015

December 02, 2015

Slamming the Door on the Syrian Stranger

(Reposted with permission from author) “The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in...

November 2015

November 28, 2015

The Faithful Must Aid Syrian Refugees

As the delicious leftovers from Thursday’s massive Thanksgiving meal digest in American bellies, it didn’t...

November 22, 2015

Voting Against Their Interests: Wealth Inequality

This is part of a series of articles about how Republicans convince its base to vote against...

November 17, 2015

The GOP’s Syrian Overreactions and Isolationism post-Paris

Paris is arguably the most romantic city on the planet. With its impressionist art, royal architecture,...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

Voting Against Their Interests: GOP & Climate Change

This is the first of a series of articles about how Republicans convince its base...

October 20, 2015

Ben Carson’s threat to Religious Liberty

In a statement on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Dr. Ben Carson, a front-runner for the...

October 14, 2015

Gun Violence and the Common Good

(Reposted with Permission from the Author) The mass shooting at Umpqua Community College has once again...

September 2015

September 20, 2015

Pope Francis’ Theology of Common Care

As Pope Francis' trip to the Philippines last January revealed, where Francis goes people pay...

August 2015

August 27, 2015

Pope Francis and the Republican Presidential Hopefuls: A Widening Divide

(Reposted with Permission from the Author) With Pope Francis increasingly focused on economic inequality, protecting...

August 16, 2015

Feeling the Bern? Maybe.

I’m intrigued by Bernie Sanders. When he initially announced his presidential bid for 2016, I...

August 12, 2015

Reforming Prison and Loving the Sinner

Despite the recent influx of political attention given to criminal justice reform these past few...

August 01, 2015

Are Pope Francis’ views on climate change costing him supporters?

Like millions of other Christian environmentalists, I had been eagerly anticipating the release of “Laudato...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

Blessed are the Peacemakers: A Deal with Iran

Last week President Barack Obama delivered what could become the most significant foreign policy victory...

July 16, 2015

Why Walker Won’t Win

(Below is a modified version of a piece recently published in the International Policy Digest....

July 11, 2015

No more tears for the Confederate Flag

I got a call late on Wednesday, June 17. The ring jolted me out of...

July 09, 2015

Calling thinkers, opinion makers and artists: FaithfulDemocrats Needs You!

Haven't we been silent long enough? In an effort to expand our community, Faithful Democrats...

July 09, 2015

Verses vs. Verses: Same-sex marriage dialogue continues post-SCOTUS decision

The June 26, 2015 SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage didn't settle the issue. Last month,...

July 03, 2015

Pope’s Encyclical: Authentic Human Development Has a Moral Character

(Reposted with permission.) Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment isn't an earth-shattering document. It's instead...

June 2015

June 21, 2015

Charleston’s ‘hard truths’

After nearly four days of coverage, reaction and rebuttal about the why behind the Charleston...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Romero and Me

A young man named Mario graduated college at Eastern University May 9 as a triple major in...

May 21, 2015

Idealists & Realists for Hillary

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

May 14, 2015

Changing Indiana: How RFRA got fixed

The last time I wrote about religious liberty for this blog, I had been inspired to do...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Hillary’s Values: seeking criminal justice reform

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

April 26, 2015

Why I’m Ready for Hillary

After much speculation and encouragement from supporters throughout the country, Hillary Clinton officially entered the...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Religious Liberty vs. LGBT Rights: How the Church Is Missing the Point

(This opinion is reproduced with permission from the author and courtesy of The Huffington Post.)...

March 24, 2015

A Prayer for Ted Cruz (Not the way he wants)

Dear Media and News Editors: This is a prayer. I pray that when the media...

March 08, 2015

50th Anniversary of Six Hundred in Selma

That's what it took. Armed with prayer and nonviolence, six hundred women and men walked...

March 06, 2015

Is Catholic marriage and love possible for LGBT Catholics?

As Philadelphia prepares for the Pope’s visit and the World Meeting of Families, one would...