This is a guest post by Mitchell Hailstone, a student at King's College in New York City: “I heard once that they’d rather hear about memories than enemies. Rather hear about what was or what will be, rather than what is. Rather hear how you got it … [Continue reading]
On the Church and politics
I am not a political junkie, nor is this a political blog. I have tried to avoid any hint of partisan politics in my posts. It is my intent to continue on this path. While keeping this intent, I want to make a few observations about the recent … [Continue reading]
Electricity, Hurricane Sandy and the Feast of Sukkot – Four lessons
Hurricane Sandy made herself known in a big way in my area. In all the years that I lived in Southeastern Pennsylvania, I never experienced winds like we had earlier this week. My family and I were blessed in that there was no damage to our home. … [Continue reading]
When labels are (mis)applied in the church
We like to categorize other people by applying labels to them. Liberal versus conservative, rich versus poor, informed versus ignorant, interesting versus boring, popular versus nerdy, the list of possible categories is inexhaustible. Politicians use … [Continue reading]
