Around the world artists have created a new tradition around the anniversaries of the bombings of Guernica, London, Warsaw, Santiago de Chili, Dubrovnik, Barcelona and Berlin. The tradition is called…
Chris writes, “It is rare for me to buy a book based solely on the title. However, when I saw the book Reasons Not to Worry by the Australian journalist…
Our culture tends to segregate the living and the dead. Neighborhood parks with their noisy playgrounds are for the living. Cemeteries and the silence of the tomb are for the…
Some of the most basic choices we make every day concern food. Beyond what's available, what meets our health needs, what we like, and what we can afford, food choices…
In the heart of Paris, France there is a beautiful 12th century church that has been converted into a museum of science and industry. The sanctuary of this once consecrated…
Derek Black authored a book called Dangerous Learning: the South’s Long War on Black Literacy raising the question - is the current state government policy on book banning a continuation…
Researchers tell us that bats are highly social animals who tend to argue a lot with each other. In many churches this is Saint Francis Sunday so we will spend…
Is honesty always the best policy? In February our minister gave a sermon called Binki Busts Up the Patriarchy. In this Sunday’s sermon he returns to the 236 pages of…
We don’t usually associate Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol with the High Holy Days of the Jewish Calendar. However, this year the ghost of Jacob Marley will come early to help…
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814. On the eve of that anniversary let’s contemplate the question - do we need a new…