The Friendship of Thich Nhất Hạnh & Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in 1929, and if he were still alive today, he would be celebrating his ninety-fourth birthday. I am always shocked to remember that he was only thirty-nine...
View Article“How Rights Went Wrong”: On the 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Sunday was the fiftieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade. On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7–2 that the Constitution protects the right to choose to have an abortion. As Jamal Greene notes...
View ArticleUnexpected Adventures in Philosophy
I wonder if you have taken a philosophy course? Did you enjoy taking it? More importantly for our purposes, did you take a philosophy course in middle school or high school? How about even earlier:...
View Article“No Fate But What We Make”: Transformational AI & Human Values
I blogged previously about AI in a post titled “Immigrants Aren’t Coming for Your Job, Robots Are.” So, why am I revisiting this topic now, five years later? I knew it was time last summer when The...
View ArticleFannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America
I would like to invite us to spend some time reflecting on the life and legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977). Her story feels like a perfect bridge as we move from Black History Month into Women’s...
View ArticleAntidotes & Poisons: Imagining a Future for Israel & Palestine
I was recently on an eight-day retreat for meditation teachers near Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Because we have an almost five-month old, the only way for me to attend the retreat was to...
View ArticleThe Stories & Myths Behind Yoga Poses
It feels auspicious to return to Hinduism since we are near Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights. In Sanskrit, Diwali literally means “a row or series of lights” and has the connotation of...
View ArticleTop 10 Best Books Read In 2023
The following are the top ten best books I’ve read since this time last year–in alphabetical order by the author’s last name because agonizing over a precise order would take all the fun out of...
View ArticleUnitarians & Aliens, UFOs & UAPs
This summer, when I was planning my sermon topics for the year, I stumbled upon an intriguing social media post from Matthew Bowman, a professor of religion and history at Claremont Graduate...
View ArticleA New History of Gender: for Transgender Day of Visibility
Back in 1994, the Canadian alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies released a song titled “What A Good Boy.” The opening lyrics went like this: When I was born, they looked at me and said “What a good...
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