Acts of Hope

Bo the dog , that's who. I know, I know. But this was one of the first blogs to suggest a Portuguese Water Dog , so there. Doxy weighed...

This isn't really about John Updike, may he rest in peace, but about the descriptions of John Updike on the radio. I found myself yellin...

Enjoy. h/t to truthout

HBO rebroadcast of this afternoon's "We Are One" event at the Lincoln Memorial (an American liturgy if I ever saw one) is sup...

***** Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) returned to work in the Senate Monday after spending the past six months battling brain cancer back hom...

The title of this post comes from here . I remembered it because once again I am here on a Friday night, watching Bill Moyers with my paren...

Not by much, but officialdom has finally called the election. I'm a little confused about why the AP called the election and not the NC...

The North Carolina presidential results are not yet in. It's very tight so far, with a slight lead for McCain. But Elizabeth Dole, incu...

Obama has won Ohio. He's over the top!

We vote in order to change the country, to exercise our rights, to make our voices heard and a hundred other clichés as shopworn as they are...

From today's Boston Globe, by Robert Pinsky: WALT WHITMAN'S poem celebrating Election Day calls our "quadrennial choosing"...

Chicago was unusually warm and clear. Here in the Southland, we awoke to grey, chilly, wet weather. One of the trees in the yard to the side...

From this morning's online Daily Office, one of the collects: God, you made us in your own image and redeemed us through Jesus your Son:...

Intense conference (but good, very good), smooth flight back from Chicago, turning in soon. On the 9 a.m. Get Out The Vote shift tomorrow. ...

One live, one gone to the ancestors. The live one is Gustavo Gutiérrez , whom I had the pleasure of hearing speak today. The deceased one is...

P.S. Missed the blogswarm yesterday, since it was my 8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. work day, but dear Californians, please vote no on 8. Let people l...

Remember last November? The American Academy of Religion (AAR), just before its split from the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) (rumor h...

An oldish video by now (over a million hits on YouTube), but it's a good day for a replay. Here. Thanks to my friend Paul, the Byzigenou...

Lest you think all we do here is self-promotion, let me note that we also promote our family and our friends . And our favorite presidentia...