It has been a year since the insurrection at the Capitol in January of 2021. There are several retrospectives airing this week on that infamous day. What was initially hard to watch has become numbingly familiar and the sound bites and video clips tend to lose their power. But this week, Maryland’s Congressman Jamie Raskin … Continue reading Naming the Unthinkable
Five Million
This week, or next, the world will set a grim milestone that was once unthinkable: across the globe, we mark 5,000,000 deaths due to Covid 19. Five Million. It is hard to wrap our heads around a number so large. The US imagination tends to end at our shores, but this milestone is so great … Continue reading Five Million
Vaccine Politics
My frustration is mounting. Perhaps yours is as well. Why do so many people still resist getting Covid vaccinations when the evidence against such a decision is so overwhelming? There have been theories that attribute Covid hesitancy to those who are less educated or to communities of color who have been previously burned by duplicitous … Continue reading Vaccine Politics
Another Era Ends
In September 2007, Intersections International, an initiative of the Collegiate Church of New York, opened its doors as an innovative approach to global ministry in the 21st century. I was called as Founding Director and for the next ten years was privileged to be engaged in developing impactful approaches to addressing some of the world’s … Continue reading Another Era Ends
Afghanistan’s Fall
The precipitous fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban is a painful lesson for US foreign policy and, by extension, for all Americans. While the abject failure of the Biden administration’s planning and implementation of the US withdrawal cannot be overlooked or excused, the first lesson we must learn is how the roots of this tragedy … Continue reading Afghanistan’s Fall