These last few weeks, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about my newest tattoo — a portrait of Abraham Lincoln on my right shoulder. “Why Abraham Lincoln? Is it because there are rumors...Read More
The Psychology of Stereotypes: Can we ‘hardwire’ ourselves not to fear difference? I was intrigued to read Daniel Tutt’s recent article in the Huffington Post, entitled “Neur...Read More
My purpose in this post is to describe the fragmentary pattern of thought, yet before I can do so I must examine what I call abstractive thinking, as fragmentary thinking is one of many kinds of abstr...Read More
It is pretty clear to me that religious communities are groups of people who come together intentionally to serve each other, God (however God is known there), and the world the best way they can. Eac...Read More
“I still can’t believe this is what I do for living,” I thought to myself as I walked out of the airport in State College, Pennsylvania. I was met by the Rev. David Witkovsky, Campus Chaplain fo...Read More
Critics of circumcision regularly hurl insults at the ancient practice. Calling circumcision “male genital mutilation” has become trendy, while calling it a “sacred ritual” or ...Read More
This year, in our seven-person CPE group working at a large Jewish assisted living facility in Boston, we are taught by a United Church of Christ Reverend and my fellow students are Jewish and Unitari...Read More
This article is a continuation of an article written as a guest submission by Matthew Lowe, a Jewish educator in Boston, MA, and an lay leader at the Moishe Kavod Social Justice House in Brookline, MA...Read More
Book Review “God’s Brain” by Lionel Tiger and Michael McGuire Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2010 It is always interesting to see how those within a scientific sub-discipline speak about relig...Read More
No doubt we are all aware of the outcomes of the collaboration of Republican and Democratic politicians in New York on 24 June 2011 which made New York the sixth state (in the United States) to legali...Read More