What lies at the root of how and why these two lives, rich in superficial similarities, took dramatically different paths? When does a second chance become your last chance? What responsibility do we have for ensuring that all children have access to the resources they need to succeed? What small thing, what life occurrence, has the capacity to condemn or redeem a life?
Today reconstruction efforts continue, perhaps not as intensely as in those first days, but with the same urgency.
Hoy la tarea de reconstrucción continúa, tal vez no con la intensidad de los primeros días, pero sí con la misma urgencia,
Having taken a slightly early retirement in January of this year from full-time ministerial responsibilities, I found myself meditating on my ecclesial roots. I am an American Baptist. But why? And so, I found myself reentering the story of my pilgrimage.”
The word compromise is a loaded term with multiple and even opposite interpretations. Yet compromise in the best sense—in society or in the church—occurs when people are willing to yield their position for the good of the whole.”
Actor and activist George Takei uses his public profile to tell of his experiences growing up in the United States, particularly through the lens of his early years being interned during the Second World War. Most recently, Takei tells this story through his new graphic novel, “They Called Us Enemy.”