A Vietnamese Hero on Politics and Dialogue
Do we have to run our politics with daggers drawn? Is confrontation simply part of the game? Based on the past few years, it’s hard to think otherwise. In the U.S., the climate of hostility, [...]
Upcoming Dialogue: LGBT Issues and the Christian Church
When a pillar of our quasi-evangelical church came out in 1989, I had just started rethinking the whole issue of gender, sexuality, and the Bible. So I was not prepared for how torturous the resulting [...]
The Human Tempest in Episcopal Miniature
This morning, to prepare for the upcoming annual convention of our Episcopal Diocese, I am pondering two resolutions on which we will vote. Because I have to suffer through this, so do you. (N.B.: There’s [...]
Dialogue by Being There
Can you start a dialogue just by showing up? Miki Kashtan’s friend did. At a conference on reconciliation, this friend realized with despair that there was no exploration of gay issues on the agenda. On [...]