The Week of bin Laden and the Spirit of Dialogue
Here’s why the spirit of dialogue is essential. I awoke this past Monday to the news that Osama bin Laden was dead. My initial reaction was complex: sadness because, in the great words of my [...]
Speak or Shut Up?
Three situations and a question. This past Sunday I was enjoying a lively dinner with dear old friends when someone raised the firestorm over same-sex issues in The Episcopal Church. One friend, an associate pastor [...]
Dialogue, Crosswords, and the Big Mindshift
Somewhere along the line, someone gave me a book of New York Times crossword puzzles from the 1970s. It, in turn, has given me culture shock. Take this clue: 114 Kin of N.Y.S.E. and Amex [...]