US Military Intervention in Syria is Wrong

US military intervention in Syria is wrong, but President Obama has a rare moment to become an historic statesman. It’s now or never. Here’s why. Read the article here.

The Kindness of Strangers

The story of my days as a guest of Canada, which began the morning of 9/11, when I was flying from London to Atlanta. It was originally published in the U.S. and the U.K. on the first anniversary of the attack.

Wise U.S. Foreign Policy Begins at Home

Wise U.S. Foreign Policy Begins at Home It’s no secret that the United States faces critical policy choices at home and abroad and that a disabled political process in Washington lacks the skill to find wise ways ahead in either area. In addition, a widespread lack of understanding exists among the American public about the […]

“That war . . . almost a kind of ideal”

“How did we, as a society, lose the ability to formulate questions about the feasibility of a political alternative? How did it happen that a person who suggests a nonviolent solution is the delusional one, the traitor, and the one who calls for the leveling of Gaza is the true patriot? How did peace become […]

Obama and Christie: A Parable for Our Country?

Obama and Christie: A Parable for Our Country? By Charles Strohmer and Kenny Woodhull The day after hurricane Sandy devastated coastal New Jersey, Barack Obama and Chris Christie met and blew some minds. The sight of President and New Jersey Governor refusing to play politics with Sandy irritated some on the far right and far […]

A Roomful of Very Damaged People

A Roomful of Very Damaged People: More of Us Should Say We’re Sorry Wow! I just experienced the most moving story of forgiveness I think I’ve ever heard (apart from that of Calvary). It takes place in a small roomful of very damaged people. If these people can say they are sorry, can’t we forgive […]

Jesus, Political Wisdom, and Human Flourishing

Is President Obama’s “worldview” Christian? Forget about pointing the finger. How consistently do we ourselves see political life through the eyes of Jesus? How much of our political wisdom, to put it in the words of Colossians 2:8, depends on the basic principles of this world rather than on a philosophy based on Christ? A […]

American Evangelicals

Many prominent Evangelicals have begun to decry publicly the rigid, sectarian fundamentalism of the religious right and to call for profoundly increased interfaith dialogue and wiser approaches to U.S.-Mideast relations.

First published in the Turkish Daily News, July 7, 2008.