My February social good calendar is shaping up to be all about faith: continuing work with a non-profit on its 40-year-old relationship with a hostile denomination, discussing the future of Seventh-day Adventism with four other Millennials, and meeting with other young adult faith leaders around the US capital. February 1: Meetings in Riverside, CA I […]
Faith and Freedom
“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” — Nelson Mandela Earlier this month I was looking for updates on Baptist-affiliated Shorter University, which lost 43% of its faculty last year after requiring staff to sign so-called “faith” pledges. […]
Faith and Life in Separate Unequal Compartments
Re: School Administrator Fired for Views on Gay Marriage Case facts: A man in Ohio taught at a Catholic school. He wrote internet posts on his own time discussing marriage equality with friends and describing it as “NOT something of which to be afraid.” The school’s principal and diocese learned about his posts; he was […]