Articles Published In 2015

People conceive of the word worship in numerous ways. For some, it is a reference to a worship service held in a church. For others, it refers to that portion of a public worship service composed of prayer and singing. Still others conceive of it in private terms, as they…

Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own …

One religious movement that once had a prominent place in American history is that of Unitarianism. Unitarianism was once a deeply entrenched religious group in certain parts of the United States, particularly the Northeast. Today, only a remnant of early American Unitarianism still exists in the church organization officially called…

Because of the political nature of our current societal environment, almost everything people do these days is, in many people’s eyes, evaluated based on political motives – even if the motives are not actually political. Let me give a couple of examples. Kim Davis, a county clerk in Kentucky, refused,…

The First Amendment to the Constitution of The United States reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the…