I have had mixed feelings about White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders being turned away at a restaurant in Virginia. It reminds me of places that refuse to serve people of color or lesbia...Read More
I taught my final class of the semester at Hartford Seminary last Tuesday about leading change in a white-water world. Somehow, the subject of the #MeToo movement came up, and I found myself going off...Read More
There is a story about Abraham Lincoln that, whether or not it actually happened, I know is true. In the midst of the Civil War, a woman tried to encourage the president by assuring him that the North...Read More
A casual comment made at a recent gathering of pastors I deeply respect has been fermenting in my soul. Someone shared their belief that prayer is energy released into the world, and then questioned i...Read More
I am deeply honored to have pastored 10 different churches during my life. (One was a circuit of four churches.) It also has been my honor to consult with dozens of churches seeking to grow and to cha...Read More
Rev. William Barber, the founder of the Moral Monday movement in North Carolina, wrote an open letter to the clergy who recently met and prayed with the president. It reads, in part: Dear Reverends Ja...Read More
Many of us grew up on “The Wizard of Oz.” Once a year, it was one of the highlights of the television season. The moment when Dorothy and her friends discover that there is a man behind th...Read More
