Will the Smith family be blessed or cursed by their "divine intervention?" God only knows.

If the goal was to create a truly democratic representative system of governance in both Iraq and Syria than the voices of the leadership of Christian and other minority communities should have been taken into account.

Donald Trump is often accused of dividing Americans through his name-calling and tough talk about women, immigrants, and President Obama. But he is succeeding in uniting one group in a way that I never dreamed possible: Christians.

Three years ago, I preached a sermon that radically transformed my life -- ending my career as a theologian, professor and ordained minister. That ser...

If ever there was a season for progressive-hearted people to urge their friends and neighbors to vote, this would be it.

As we see the affiliated "none" numbers rise, religious shifts, from doctrinal reforms and latest church cultures, are criticized for their apparent hollowness. But what is to make of the other stat reports?

I'm not sure Donald Trump has the personal conviction to be a racist. He just sells racism -- and that's worse. Trump's racial, religious, and gender bigotry will lose him many religious Americans, including those whom the media has often called "values voters."

In a certain medieval Christian document, we find an account of Jesus' life. His birth, we are told, coincided with a "decree from Ft. Rome." The decr...

I'm lying on an ice pack early this morning, doing my back exercises and listening to Pray as You Go, a tool for meditation, with monastery bells, music, and a Bible reading. It warms up my cranky body--and cold morning soul. The reading today is from Acts 2--the story of Pentecost, which goes like this.

In the end, what it takes are leaders willing to listen to the Holy Spirit calling us into all truth and not the Institute for Religion and Democracy calling us into the House of Fear. Fear of the other. Fear of loss of power. Fear of schism.

Faith and surfing have a lot in common. More specifically, I believe faith looks a lot like the most important part of surfing - a surfboard.

While I've been in church only a few times in my life, I love it. This might seem bizarre coming from someone whose whole personal and professional life revolves around being Jewish, and who serves as a Jewish role model to college students on campus.

The author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life" tells it like it is Alain de Botton is one of my favorite living writers. Best known for brilliant, g...

After sending out a blog post recently, I opened my email to find a note that bruised my heart-  like a UFC champion fighter kicking me hard in my chest.

In a Facebook post last month, Elbert County (Colorado) Commissioner Robert Rowland wrote that he would end up "in jail" if he saw a transgender person enter a bathroom that was also being used by his granddaughter.

Armenian Parliament Member Physically Attacked Former AGOS Journalist Garo Paylan, one of three ethnic Armenians in the Turkish Parliament, was attack...