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God Squad: 'Thay' has died and he has not died

Our sacred task in interfaith dialogue is to learn from all the other climbers.

From left, the Rev. Msgr. Thomas Coogan of

Asking the Clergy: Keeping faith during the pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year in the United States, it would seem few Americans’ faith in God ...

From left, the Rev. Donna Marie Field of

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.

From left, Rabbi Anchelle Perl of Chabad of

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."

From left, the Rev. Natalie M. Fenimore of

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.