Category: Newsletter Editorial

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither…

For so many reasons, this has been a tough year for us all–and even harder for some of us, both here on campus and beyond. But in this last weekly…

These continue to be complicated times, don’t they?  (Of course, as I type this I wonder if things are ever uncomplicated, but….)  We read and hear regularly about violence around…

Our country continues to struggle with a basic human dilemma of being a community. Where are the borders? Who is in, or who can come in, and why? Strangely, at…

Ramadan is divided into three ten-day ashras or stages, and right now, in the middle of Ramadan, we’re in the ashra of forgiveness. This forgiveness is specifically between God and…

On Tuesday evening, just a few hours after the verdict in the Chauvin trial, I was in a gathering where Carolyn asked something like, “If you were at the Hennepin…

I had the privilege of hearing Rev. Dr. William Barber II at a recent virtual conference. Barber co-chairs the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (named for…

            On Monday evening, at the sighting of a shadow where there was once a crescent, the month of Ramadan will officially begin. There is a common misconception that the…

Ash Wednesday was February 17, the beginning of the season of Lent for many western churches.  Eastern or Orthodox churches meanwhile observed the start of “Great Lent” this year on Monday,…

Time to throw open the windows and welcome spring! What a relief! Hopefully this means diminished social isolation as more of us get vaccinated. And with the weather drawing us…