This Easter, on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s martyrdom, we need his vision more than ever. After…
At what point did Christmas become another weapon in the culture wars, another political identity marker to draw a clearer…
Why are we so passive these days when it comes to the prospect of nuclear annihilation? This week, scholars from…
Not every past has a future. It’s hard to imagine anyone, even in San Francisco, observing a Summer of Love…
Many of us feel profoundly troubled by the events in Charlottesville and our nation this week. We are praying for…
The Northern California clergy I know are in trouble. On the one hand, most feel deeply disturbed about American attacks…
This past December, when Professor Huston Smith died in Berkeley at age 97, we lost one of the people who…
At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, President Donald Trump promised to “totally destroy the Johnson Amendment,” which prohibits…
I fully understand the appeal of a sentimental “white Christmas like the ones I used to know,” with “chestnuts roasting…
I received an angry note from a woman who objected to our special prayer service following the election. She pointed…
When I was a little boy, I didn’t know the difference between white people and black people. I didn’t know…
