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Sitting or Running the Risks
A man sits as many risks as he runs.โ This was Henry David Thoreau’s advice to people paralyzed by the belief that cautious inaction is somehow preferable to risky...
6 Thoughts on โVoting the Christian Wayโ
This year’s election season has provided unusually bright flashpoints of conflict and rhetoric. Every four years, Americans subject themselves to the collective equivalent of the aversion therapy experienced by...
The Ecumenism of Pope Francis
As president of a confessional, Christian graduate school serving a large urban demographic, I have the opportunity to join other believers in gatherings that are deliberately ecumenical: interdenominational, multi-ethnic,...