Nov 17, 2016
In early November, hundreds of clergy came to Cannon Ball, North Dakota, at the invitation of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, to join in the protest against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline through reservation land. I attended that protest, and while there I met Mariama White-Hammond, today’s...
Nov 10, 2016
For weeks we just wished for the day that it would soon all be over. But election night 2016 came and went, and now a new set of challenges begin.
Nov 4, 2016
In a nation becoming increasingly diverse, the need for interfaith engagement is growing. But it remains difficult to build meaningful relationships between neighbors and groups that follow different religions.
In this episode, I get to introduce to you a longtime friend of mine, someone I met when I first started to...
Oct 28, 2016
There was a time this particular podcast would have been unimaginable. But in this political season, all kinds of surprises have become commonplace. Today our guest is Galen Carey, Vice President for Government Relations for the National Association of Evangelicals. Galen has co-written a book with Leith Anderson...
Oct 21, 2016
Michael Kinnamon is known to many as a leading academician for the ecumenical movement. His latest book, though, turns to the contemporary issue of fear as a driving force in American society.
Why are Americans so fearful? What does fear drive our society towards, and what can be done about it? Is fear something...