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RELIGIOUS LITERACY
Organized religion, it may be argued, has been the main, if not the sole civilizing influence our species has had.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
Indifference is the bigot’s best friend, the hater’s permanent get-out-of-jail-free card.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
The word “bigot” came into existence just under a thousand years ago.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
“We will not keep silent. We are your guilty conscience. The White Rose will not let you alone.”
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Often not making it to the front page are the hints of light in the gloom—solitary flashes of good news that pry open the door to a more hopeful future.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
At the end of the day, the hater and the racist—and the fool who believes these two—are deeply troubled souls.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
He risked his own life every hour of every day in order to snatch thousands from the jaws of the Holocaust.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
"All men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion." — Thomas Jefferson
INCLUSION & RESPECT
A lifetime has already passed since that 1963 speech, and we, at the end of that passage of time, still live in a country made dangerous by hate.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
My favorite service, by far, was always Christmas Eve. The church would be gorgeously festooned with holiday decorations and candles in every direction.
