In a recent study to investigate the impact that certain words can have over peoples’ actions, each person in two control groups was given $10. In both groups, each person was told that he or... Read More »
This past month, in a pastoral letter to all Episcopalians in the Diocese of Colorado, Bishop Robert O’Neill expressed his heartfelt sadness and concern for the victims, survivors, and families... Read More »
I opened my mail today to find a copy of Call on Me: A Prayer Book for Young People, a great little volume by Jennifer Gamber and Sharon Ely Pearson, published by Morehouse. It was sent to me by... Read More »
The Episcopal monastery of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist is not on a remote mountaintop but in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to Harvard and M.I.T. – hardly a tranquil... Read More »
The following story in the June 28, 2012 New York Times immediately caught my eye: Flavor Is Price of Scarlet Hue of Tomatoes, Study Finds “A gene mutation that makes a tomato uniformly red... Read More »
Global education, hands-on learning, and service to others have gained increasing traction in schools, colleges, and universities. Today, middle school, high school, and college students take their... Read More »
Lately I have been thinking a good deal about a well-used phrase in our society, “moving forward.” It pops up in some cases when describing how we proceed into the future; in other... Read More »
In a May 17 headline entitled “Whites Account for Under Half of Births in U.S.,” The New York Times confirmed a well-known trend: the United States is rapidly becoming a multi-racial and... Read More »
Crazy cooks. Big-toothed monsters. Whales in chicken soup with rice. Maurice Sendak defied the notion of a simple, safe world. With childhood as his foil, he explored the fanciful and the... Read More »
I once again had the privilege of hearing the Rev. Paul Lawrence–Wehmiller, this time at the New York State Association of Independent School’s annual Diversity Conference, the theme of... Read More »