We must get past our outdated, limiting and formulaic associations with religion, spirituality and faith so that we can move forward with a renewed hope of spiritual and religious progress.
Progressives are celebrating Romney's choice of Paul Ryan because it will likely lose Republicans some independent votes. But we should not engage in premature gloating or sit out this campaign.
Could it be that federal support for same-sex marriage will get a running start in the military? Progressive chaplains are in the vanguard of those seeking equal rights for all. Stranger things have happened.
This is not just the result of well-funded and energetic outreach by newer, more fundamentalist, denominations. It is also the result of our own complacency and lukewarmness.
Wild Goose Festival is going to grow into the largest, best run, most dynamic religious happening in the U.S. There are lots of smart spiritually hungry people with their eyes open.
People of good faith can make common cause against apocalypse. Regardless of our view of ultimate reality, we can accept the world as science finds it and take responsibility for stewarding it.
If you're not at the Wild Goose Festival this June you'll have missed the most important spiritual gathering in the US to take place in decades. Can a group of Christians save the reputation of Christianity from the "Christian" Right?
Modern civilization is devouring itself, turning its towering control of the of the earth itself into self-destruction. The certainties of modern life are quaking, and many of our societies do not know what to do.
You know when marriage equality comes to Iowa that lesbian and gay equality has become a mainstream American value. Yet the Iowa court decision recog...
The upcoming change in Administration makes us optimistic that the rightward shift of the courts will end -- but this optimism cannot be an excuse for complacency.