Monthly Archives: January 2011

Acton Congregational Church hosts more than a few yoga classes. They’re dependable, peaceable renters, but they also signify a growing trend in our context and nation. Recent polls suggest that conceptually, at least, Hinduism is making significant in roads. Americans are behaving more and more like Hindus and less like traditional Christians in the ways we think about God, our selves, each other, and eternity. Continue reading →

What makes for a good life? There are those who advocate for the kind of freedom and adventure celebrated by Jack Keorak’s “On the Road.” Others suggest that deep roots and connections are what really bring us joy like in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Iife.” Which is it? Continue reading →

I knew a man who refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance based on a scientific objection. He said that no thing on earth is indivisible—if an atom can be split so can a nation. The horrific act of violence in Tucson, Arizona has exposed deep divisions in our nation’s political life. Continue reading →