In a previous post I related the story of Paul’s trip to Athens as told in Chapter 17 of “The Acts of the…
One of the core insights of the Unitarian ministers who adopted Humanism in the early twentieth century is that they could…
Plato wrote of his teacher Socrates who was taken by a metaphor: the Ladder of Love. On the bottom…
Ah, American politics. Reminds me of the “three poisons” in Buddhism: anger, greed, and delusion. That…
“Thoughts and prayers” is fast becoming the “let them eat cake” of our era. Even those who believe that…
Chances are you know 1 Corinthians 13:13 even if you don’t know you know it. Here it is, in…
The contemporary French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy points out that we use the terms “meaning” and…
Brass tacks. To me, that’s what religion is about.
Dr. Kathryn Lofton, Professor of Religious Studies, American Studies, and History and Divinity at Yale…