Columnists

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Asking the Clergy: Morality and access to COVID-19 vaccines

This week's clergy discuss why getting the vaccine into as many arms as possible is imperative from a Jewish, Unitarian Universalist and medical ethics perspective.

God Squad: Are blessings fair?
Some people believe that the evil that befalls us is caused by our own sins and that our blessings are caused by our own virtues.
God Squad: RIP E.O. Wilson, the 'ant man'
The man who took up the evolutionary cudgel against religion was the brilliant heir to Darwin, the biologist E.O. Wilson, who died last month.
Asking the Clergy: Guarding against ministry burnout
This week's clergy discuss self-care and other ways they avoid thinking of joining the "great resignation."
Asking the Clergy: Marking the passage to adulthood
This week's clergy discuss life-cycle ceremonies observed by Long Islanders in Jewish, Hindu and Unitarian Universalist congregations.
Asking the Clergy: Preparing spiritually for the new year
This week's clergy discuss transitioning to 2022 with a moment of meditation, increased awareness of God's presence in our daily lives and a reduction in egocentric behavior.
God Squad: What the rabbi loves about Christmas
I love that Christmas, when properly celebrated, revives for Christians the power of the miracle and mystery of the birth of the Messiah.