Sightings Articles
Weary (and Wary) of Decisions, Opinions, and Polemics? Religious Wisdom Would Like a Word
Religion that is prescribed by a privileged few to control the lives of the many obfuscates human dignity, limits and cheapens life abundant, substitutes the trivial for the transcendent, and elevates a cruel justice that cannot admit its need for me...
July 1, 2022
Beginning Again... and Again... and Again
We hoped that “Back to School” rituals might turn the page, but beginnings are never as straightforward and uncomplicated as we wish they could be....
September 30, 2021
Think Again: Religion in the Wake of the Pandemic
Covid has given us a chance to rethink and reinvigorate our traditions, and we cannot afford to waste it...
June 14, 2021
The Blessed Return of Going Through the Motions
President Biden's inauguration and the rituals of normalcy...
February 4, 2021
Longing for a Real Thanksgiving
This year's lonely holiday offers a chance for national repentance...
November 26, 2020
The Precariousness of Care
Attending to each other and our communities is costly, messy, exhausting — and vital...
October 22, 2020
Unexpected ‘Openings’ and the Essence of Religious Practice
What we learn about the nature of religious practice from the innovations and adaptations of religious communities during the pandemic...