Religion: A unique pioneer holiday
The last week or two in July can mean a number of things. For children, summer vacation is starting to wrap up and thoughts...
Religion: The Jewish New Year
P.T. Barnum famously said, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” What he meant by that was that it doesn’t matter as much what...
Religion: Have you noticed those curious-looking structures?
A few of you may have noticed the curious-looking structure that popped up outside my home recently. No, we did not embark on an...
Religion, Rabbi Mendel Liberow: From foreigner to family
The word “foreigner” gets bandied around a lot in the news. Often, it’s a term reserved for people from another country, but it’s frequently...
Religion: See your neighbors, don’t watch them
The last time I wrote this column, I argued that “faith at its best does not teach us to fear our neighbors. It teaches...
Religion: The ultimate victory: Finding peace in a world of conflict
Every day, global headlines remind us of a painful reality. From the Middle East to Eastern Europe, conflicts rage on with no end in...
Religion: God and the stranger
On Oct. 7, 1885 a 16-year-old German barber named Friedrich boarded a ship for New York. Fleeing the military service then required in Germany,...
Religion: The City on the Hill
In a recent article in the New York Times (Dec. 12, 2025), the columnist Thomas L. Friedman said this: “If you ask me what’s...
Religion: What is your favorite Christmas song?
Methodists have long been known as “a singing people.” I am not a good singer, but I can say that I am a passionate...
Religion: Community is needed now
The pictures from Minneapolis that we have seen in the last few weeks have shown us that neighbors look out for neighbors. It is...
