Yesterday I experienced one of those quixotic holiday celebrations. The kind of lovely pastoral scene that you would expect from a Jessica Lang movie, but which have often escaped me…

 by ELIZABETH SHOGREN via NPR Click on the photo to listen to the story on All Things Considered The air reeks so strongly of rotten eggs that tribal leader Wes…

http://www.qideas.org/blog/is-fair-trade-coffee-enough.aspx Part of the modern church's liturgy is drinking coffee. Coffee is ubiquitous with fellowship. It's the focal point around which orbits conversation, discipleship and friendship. As social justice has…

As a rural upstate NY voter, I often feel that NYC and the immediate metropolitan area have too much say in politics, but at times like this, my concern for…