It’s all about community

This is an article that I wrote for the “Speaking of Religion” column in the Bennington Banner. Here is a link to the Banner article: http://www.benningtonbanner.com/stories/speaking-of-religion-its-all-about-community,530491?Like many of us, I was moved on January...

The Gospel According to Semisonic

Closing time,Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s endMy job is basically meeting people. I honestly can’t tell you how things are going; I’ve met hundreds of people, I’ll meet hundreds more. In what is either the least or second-least religious state...

Yeah, I know, we’ve always done it this way…

(Link to photo credit in the footnotes.)Yesterday I went to Bennington’s Martin Luther King, Jr., event. A couple dozen people gathered at the four corners and sang protest songs by candlelight, and then we processed down to Oldcastle Theater for a reception and to...