Archive for the 'Justice' Category

First African-American Presidential Nominee

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Today was a historic day. I was trying to explain to my 5-year-old son why the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for President of the United States is such a big deal. He didn’t get it. I had to explain to him that there are still people in [...]

The church and the needs of sexual assault survivors

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Last week, I attended a “round table” of sexual assault survivors and members of the clergy. The honesty of the six women who had survived sexual assault was extraordinary - and extremely difficult to hear. But the hardest part of what they had to say was the part about how their churches had treated them. [...]