Writing
Houston Chronicle
Stories of faith in the religion/lifestyle section.
Columns by date
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Randi Mahomes talks faith, family and being the mom of a superstar NFL QB (Sept 4, 2020)
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Website scores churches on transparency of LGBTQ policies (Jan 7, 2018)
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Interfaith Mitzvah/Mercy/Sadaqah Day brings together Jewish/Christian/Muslim communities (Dec 10, 2017)
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Baha'i community celebrates bicentennial (Nov 4, 2017)
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Gourd grief: a Halloween message (Oct 28, 2017)
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Mosque welcomes new imam (Oct 21, 2017)
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Houston rabbis grapple with difficult prayer after Harvey (Sept 23, 2017)
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Feeding the faithful (Sept 9, 2017)
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God does not cause the hurricane (Sept 3, 2017)
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Sermon: Teaching kids to swim (Aug 26, 2017)
Selected columns by topic
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Gender and parenting
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Faith and public life
Continental Divine
I wrote a monthly column in the Aspen Times 2012-2018. They are archived below.
Columns by date
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Leaving the net - 01 July 2018
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Ladies and gentlemen - 10 June 2018
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Playground peril - 06 May 2018
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Disciplinary action - 01 Apr 2018
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Adult material - 04 Mar 2018
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God in drag - 04 Feb 2018
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Kids these days - 07 Jan 2018
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Circles of Concern - 01 Oct 2017
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Under your own vine and fig tree - 03 Sept 2017
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Pulpit Party - 06 August 2017
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From Houston, with love - 02 July 2017
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All the time in the world - 04 June 2017
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Grief and gratitude on Mother's Day - 14 May 2017
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Stopping the buck - 02 April 2017
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You've got to be taught - 05 March 2017
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Take the citizenship challenge - 05 February 2017
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Time out - 01 January 2017
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Fact or friction - 03 December 2016
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Renewing the civic covenant - 08 November 2016
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New Year's Eve - 02 October 2016
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Leading by example - 04 September 2016
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Flossed and found - 07 August 2016
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Of primates and parents, part two - 02 July 2016
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Of primates and parents - 05 June 2016
*This column won a (second consecutive) Colorado Press Association Award for Best Humorous Column Writing 2016 (2nd place) -
Like son, like father - 01 May 2016
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The king and we - 07 March 2016
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Politics, in good faith - 07 February 2016
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The Other Side is not Dumb - Can We Talk? - letter to the editor, 19 January 2016
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Trump's inaugural address - 09 January 2016
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'Tis the season to be offended? - 06 December 2015
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Hope for trolls - 31 October 2015
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Building power, building community - 04 October 2015
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Calling all Keillorcrats - 06 September 2015
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Ask the rabbit - 01 August 2015
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Hate is all you need - 04 July 2015
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To the class of 2015: Beware of the salad - 05 June 2015
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A just world, or just a world? - 02 May 2015
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A nanny, a bear, and a grocery store clerk - 07 February 2015
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Religious freedom, locally and globally - 03 January 2015
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Minority rules - 06 December 2014
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The stories that bind - 01 November 2014
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Think and fast - 04 October 2014
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On Anti-semitism, from Aspen - 06 September 2014
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Responding to loss - 07 June 2014
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Time to unwind or unravel - 03 May 2014
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Telling the biblical story of Noah - 05 April 2014
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Let there be laughs - 01 March 2014
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Where have all the singers gone? - 01 February 2014
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Man enough? - 04 January 2014
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Homeless in heaven - 07 December 2013
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Halloween's hidden lessons - 02 November 2013
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Not all beliefs are created equal - 05 October 2013
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Fear and trembling in Aspen - 07 September 2013
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Defining 'friend' in the modern age - 03 August 2013
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Open letter from an illegal 'alien' - 06 July 2013
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Remember the shoulders you stood on (Baccalaureate speech to Aspen Class of 2013, delivered 20 May 2013) - 25 May 2013
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Post-Boston: The fanaticism trap - 04 May 2013
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Family gender roles: Leaning in and leaning on - 06 April 2013
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Hide and seek: Have you stopped playing? - 02 March 2013
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My brother's keeper? Rights and responsibilities - 02 February 2013
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It's complicated: The relationship between religious and unaffiliated - 05 January 2013
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How about a little more Christmas? - 01 December 2012
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After the vote - 06 November 2012
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Our days are numbered: How will you make them count? - 05 October 2012
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Out of the whirlwind: hurricane politics - 01 September 2012
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Hava Nagila at the Olympics: A golden oldie - 04 August 2012
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Independence: Unearned and unappreciated? - 04 July 2012
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In praise of crutches: Religion can be a tool - 02 June 2012
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Faith Matters: Are you the 81 percent? - 05 May 2012
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Passover and patriotism - 06 April 2012
Other Writing​
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Greene Family Camp
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Dis/Connected - 09 August 2019
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Reform Judaism . org
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Would You Like a Side of Grasshoppers With That? - 09 April 2018
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Religious Action Center - Blog
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Mixed Multitude: On Judaism and Racial Justice - 29 January 2019
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