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• "Clergy in Our Midst": a series about clergy who are members of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
• Restating the Beatitudes, by the Rt. Rev. John H. MacNaughton.
• OpAd: Placed in the 12 May 2007 New York Times by the Episcopal Church.
• Gay Issues: mainly focused on religious intolerance of gays.
• Evolution: focused on religious issues.
• Fundamentalism: My first write-up,  my second write-up.
• Atheist Issues: "If they didn't exist we would want to invent them."
• 10 Commandments vs Golden Rule: The Ten Commandments is a flawed unifying principle across religions, but the Golden Rule is found in all religions.
• Tolerance: Acknowledging That God Is Not Limited to Christians: Write_up
• Intolerance: Toward Muslims: My write-up.
• Just War: a balanced analysis of war, and whether it can be "just", by Brandon D. Hill.
• Bad Influences on Children? Violence in the Media: My write-up,  Ratzinger's letter (German),  tranlation.
• Illinois Gov. George Ryan and the Death Penalty: Ryan's speech,  my write-up.
• Suicide and Euthanasia: My write-up.
• Welcoming Churches: How to be welcoming.

• The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, by Philip Zimbardo. Review.
• If Grace Is True: Why God Will Save Every Person, by Gulley and Mulholland. Review.

• Rowan Williams, The Archbishop of Canterbury.
  • Review of his book: Writing in the Dust: After September 11
• Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Interview
  • Tutu on gays
• Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church.
  • "Mother Jesus" controversy: Jefferts Schori preached a homily in which she used the phrase "Mother Jesus". People condemned her knowing nothing but that she used these two words. In fact, although her language was perhaps unusual, it makes sense in context.
    • The homily, preached on June 21, 2006.
    • News story, from the Washington Post, July 3, 2006.
• Pope Benedict the 16th, formerly Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger.
  • Benedict's (in)famous speech at Regensburg, 12 September 2006:
    • The speech, in English, translated from German.
    • Critique of part of the speech, by Neal Wagner.
  • Document about the Eucarist, from the Synod of Bishops.
    • The document.
    • Summary from AP