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In a Cemetery on Memorial Day

In a Cemetery on Memorial Day


clock icon 27 May 2020
author icon Sam Field


“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day. No, no, man was made for immortality.” – Abraham Lincoln I visited a cemetery...

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Open Houses of Worship, or Keep Them Closed? The Pros and Cons

Open Houses of Worship, or Keep Them Closed? The Pros and Cons


clock icon 22 May 2020
author icon WRN Editorial Staff


COVID 19 has many side effects, not all of them medical. Many parts of life have been put on hold and only essential services have been allowed to continue to function, albeit usually with social distancing,...

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Science and the Soul

Science and the Soul


clock icon 01 Apr 2020
author icon Sam Field


The most brilliant scientists and engineers build a car. It’s beautiful, a piece of art, painted brightly, accented with chrome. An electric motor, the latest in computerized skid control, ABS brakes,...

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Coronavirus Opens Opportunities for Homeschooling and Religious Instruction

Coronavirus Opens Opportunities for Homeschooling and Religious Instruction


clock icon 17 Mar 2020
author icon Sam Field


Even though the Coronavirus pandemic is creating hardships around the world, opportunity is knocking. A friend who teaches high school is off work, her school closed for six weeks because of the virus....

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Law for Peace: Beyond Palestinian and Israeli Land Claims

Law for Peace: Beyond Palestinian and Israeli Land Claims


clock icon 28 Feb 2020
author icon Rabbi Michael Shevack


The idea hit me as I was driving, through the border from Germany to France: Germany, a separate state? France, a separate state? So, what is so painful about a Palestinian state contiguous with the state...

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Fishing for Love: Advice for Daughters

Fishing for Love: Advice for Daughters


clock icon 05 Feb 2020
author icon Sam Field


Looking for love is a lot like fishing. Where you fish, what kind of bait you use, what you throw back and what you keep, all have relevance. Fish in a swamp, catch a swamp dweller – a python or alligator,...

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Islam and the Problem of Religious Stereotypes

Islam and the Problem of Religious Stereotypes


clock icon 31 Jan 2020
author icon Sam Field


So far, the United States has done a rather good job at including Muslims into society, and at differentiating the vast majority of followers of Muhammad from the lunatic fringe who sow chaos and tragedy....

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Identity and Religion: The War Against the Spirit

Identity and Religion: The War Against the Spirit


clock icon 15 Jan 2020
author icon Sam Field


Who are you? What is your identity? Are you your name, your family, your car, your bank account, the language you speak or the accent with which you speak it? Are you that body by which people identify...

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If I Were the Devil: The Key to Resolving Religious Conflicts By Wayne Edward Hanson

If I Were the Devil: The Key to Resolving Religious Conflicts By Wayne Edward Hanson


clock icon 10 Jan 2020
author icon Wayne Edward Hanson


“If I were the devil,” said newscaster Paul Harvey in a 1965 radio broadcast, “I’d soon have families at war with themselves, churches at war with themselves, and nations at war with themselves,...

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Top Religious Stories? Is This the Best You Can Do?

Top Religious Stories? Is This the Best You Can Do?


clock icon 01 Jan 2020
author icon Sam Field


The top 10 religious stories of 2019 – as selected by members of the Religion News Association – included: The burning of Notre Dame Cathedral, the massacre of 51 worshippers at a New Zealand Mosque,...

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