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May 27, 2021
May issue of Global Briefing
Just released: May issue of our MCC United Nations Office publication, Global Briefing, a resource at the intersection of critical … More
March 31, 2021
Interviewing Stanley Hauerwas on the pandemic
Recently I interviewed theologian Stanley Hauerwas, a mentor from my Duke Divinity School days. See excerpts from our conversation about … More
January 27, 2021
When the Departed Yet Live: A Poem
My father, a holy man full of gentle power, passed away last month at age 88 in hospice care in … More
January 16, 2021
Introducing “Global Briefing”
The first issue of “Global Briefing” has been released by our MCC UN Office. Featuring voices from across the … More
August 25, 2020
The global inequality pandemic: where is moral leadership?
In an extraordinary July speech titled “Tackling the Global Inequality Pandemic,” at times sounding more like a biblical prophet than the UN … More
August 10, 2020
Pandemic Pilgrimage: How Life with Dad Became Holy Ground
In late June I was in week 13 of lockdown in Vermont with my 88-year old father. My wife Donna … More
August 7, 2020
How Long O Lord? Lamenting 70 Years of Korea’s Division
Having grown up in South Korea and served 2014 to 2019 on both sides of the Korea divide with the … More
August 4, 2020
Racism in America, Post-George Floyd
Global Church/Public Square – August 2020 edition A Continuing Survey of Faith, Public Witness, and the World With this I … More
June 15, 2020
The Irreplaceable Love of a Mother
However differently it is expressed, there is nothing like the love of a mother. Two years ago yesterday my mother … More
June 3, 2020
We Cannot Grow in Love Without Loving Truth
You cannot reconcile with someone who has a foot on your neck. An unarmed black man in handcuffs, pleading to … More
