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Walter Russell Mead: The Crisis of the American Intellectual
Mead writes in an essay that discusses why American society seems so committed to restraining the full power of the information revolution to transform itself: “Almost everywhere one looks in American...
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Nuclear weapons test ban
When I was studying physics back in the ’80s the vast majority of job opportunities for PhD’s and Masters folks were being found in weapons research contained under the SDI (strategic defense...
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“The dagger at the throat of the old regimes”
My sermon this morning touched on the history we’re seeing unfolding before our eyes as population after population rises up against its government in the Mid-East. I pointed out that the part of the...
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It’s time to rethink America’s policy on nuclear weapons.
There’s an article in the Wall Street Journal today by a number of former Cold War leaders (including George Schultz, Sam Nunn and Henry Kissinger) that calls for the U.S. to rethink its M.A.D. nuclear...
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Volf: Fear and relief
Many of my friend and my favorite blogs have been posting their thoughts on the news that Osama bin Laden was killed by the US military on Sunday. I’ve not said anything because, frankly, I’m not sure...
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The App you ought to have
Do you have an iPhone? An iPad? Do you support the One Campaign? I spent time in Swaziland. Many of my friends are either from the Sudan or work with people in the Sudan. Here in Phoenix we have a...
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The need to build bridges
Years and years ago, I was at a clergy retreat at the Antiochian Orthodox Church Center in Western PA. It was the annual clergy retreat for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, and it was back in the days that...
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Put it in a special drawer…
The Arizona State Legislature is about to begin its Spring session. And being Arizona, it means it’s time for some serious political posturing. I suppose we learn by the example set at the moment by...
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Prayers for the injured in Colorado
My wife Karen told me about the shootings this morning while I was just settling down to start the day’s correspondence. All of the mass shootings that have taken place are horrific, but for so many...
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Quick status report on Diocese of Rhode Island
So far today we’re not hearing of any significant impact to the people or property of the Diocese of Rhode Island from Hurricane Sandy. Linda Grenz has been working the phones along with the rest of...
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What will work and employment become?
Matthew Fox, the Episcopal priest, not the actor, is one of the few theologians I know who’s been thinking about the meaning of work and vocation within the larger matrix of an understanding of the...
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Not one but many: The American Nations
A few months ago a book by Colin Woodward called “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America” (on Amazon here) lit up my Facebook and Twitter feeds with many of...
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Canterbury on dealing with ISIS and jihadism
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury has released a tightly reasoned essay on the necessity of a thoughtful and coordinated response to the threat posed by ISIS and the extremist so-called...
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Je Suis Charlie – building walls of love in a dangerous world
Fourteen years ago I was asked to preach at a city-wide observance of the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington. What I said then has been very much on my mind as I’ve been...
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Connection is the cure to addiction
In the 1970’s Bruce Alexander, a researcher in Vancouver, discovered that the social experience of laboratory rats in addiction experiments had a profound effect on whether or not the rats became...
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To not be provoked to evil
I’m waking to the news that there’s been a mass execution of Coptic Christians in Libya this morning by masked men who claim affiliation with the Islamic State movement. The victims died with the words...
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Prayers for South Carolina from Rhode Island
Beloved in Jesus, the Prince of Peace; Our hearts are breaking today as we take in the news of another mass shooting. Today’s crime, apparently motivated by racial hatred, has taken the lives of nine...
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Pray for the victims and shooter. Only the Gospel can end the violence.
There was another shooting in a crowded public space late this week. This time it was in a movie theater in Lafayette Louisiana. Once again the shooter, John Houser, a white man with a criminal record...
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Bishop of the Armed Forces: Veterans and the Church
Jay Magness, Bishop Suffragan for the Armed Forces and Federal Ministries, and himself a veteran, has long essay on the evolving relationship between the faith community and the veteran community. This...
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How to welcome the refugee and the foreigner into the land
Looking for information about the Syrian refugee situation for Episcopalians and what you can do to get involved, to welcome the stranger and the alien into the land (Leviticus 19:34)? Got you covered:...
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