What’s in a Name? Plenty, That’s What!

April 9th, 2002|

Popularized by young African Americans’ use of it in hip-hop music, the word “nigger” is no longer heard only in […]

The Catholic Church Needs Its Gay Priests

March 20th, 2002|

When society looks for simple solutions to complex questions, scapegoats must be found. Scapegoats hide what the public supposedly cannot […]

Let Us Cross Over Into 2002

January 16th, 2002|

New Year’s Eve holds important significance in the life of African-American churchgoers, because it is about creating a new life […]

No Salvation For Us in This Army

January 8th, 2002|

In order for a Christian ministry to be true to the teachings of Jesus, it must see the faces and […]

Lives of Our Heroes Remain Hidden

December 11th, 2001|

Father Mychal Judge was only one of the 343 firefighters who died in the September 11 attack, along with hundreds […]

Targeting Islam, the New Bigotry

November 13th, 2001|

Religious intolerance not only shatters the goal of American democracy, but it also fosters a climate of religious violence and […]

Falwell’s God Is Not My God

October 1st, 2001|

In times of trouble, people turn to religion. Religion is a balm that soothes our heart, lifts our spirit, and […]

Answering to Our Earth Angels

September 21st, 2001|

he unrelenting tenacity of the HIV virus alone has taught us much about the preciousness of life, and about the […]

Will Someone Marry Us? Please!

August 1st, 2001|

For many Americans, the verdant months of spring and summer are when love is the in the air — and […]

We Are Foreigners and Strangers Among Ourselves

July 1st, 2001|

Racism chokes the spiritual and political life out of a people and a movement.

The toil it takes on our movement […]