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Articles by Galen Guengerich
Spirituality and Gratitude Can Get Us Through the Pandemic
Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Several years ago, I participated in a conference on spirituality and sustainable agriculture at Harvard Divinity School. One of the speakers, an undergraduate student named Sarah Williams, told us a story about how she’d been assigned to shadow a farmer near her university in Washington state. Williams explained that the farmer practiced biodynamic farming, and also happened to be Native American.
Opinion | Love in the time of coronavirus
Galen Guengerich is senior minister of All Souls Unitarian Church in New York, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of the forthcoming “The Way of Gratitude: a New Spirituality for Today.” In some places, fear has remained unspoken. Walking into a relatively crowded subway car the other day, I saw an Asian man sitting alone on one of the long benches. He was wearing a mask, sitting quietly, looking at his phone.
10 Counterfeit Jesus Figures We Should Stop Worshiping
Jesus is still very popular these days, even at a time when Christianity seems to be facing more social marginalization. From political and social movements to kitschy products to bumper stickers, we’ve appropriated Jesus as a mascot for our favorite causes. But we have to wonder, is this the real Jesus of the Bible or a Jesus of our own making?
How the world can avert more death and despair in Gaza
Scores of Palestinians killed. Thousands wounded. That’s the toll exacted over the past seven weeks by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) against protesters along the security fence separating Gaza from Israel. Unless the situation gets defused quickly, the carnage is likely to get much worse. Since early April, weekly “Great March of Return” demonstrations have focused on the plight of more than 700,000 Palestinian refugees driven from their homeland in 1948.
How to avert more death and despair in Gaza
Scores of Palestinians killed. Thousands wounded. That’s the toll exacted over the past seven weeks by Israel’s military against protesters along the security fence separating Gaza from Israel. Unless the situation gets defused quickly, the carnage is likely to get much worse. Since early April, weekly “Great March of Return” demonstrations have focused on the plight of more than 700,000 Palestinian refugees driven from their homeland in 1948.
Commentary: How to avert more death and despair in Gaza
Scores of Palestinians killed. Thousands wounded. That’s the toll exacted over the past seven weeks by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) against protesters along the security fence separating Gaza from Israel. Unless the situation gets defused quickly, the carnage is likely to get much worse. Since early April, weekly “Great March of Return” demonstrations have focused on the plight of more than 700,000 Palestinian refugees driven from their homeland in 1948.
A Mormon and Atheist Debate: Is God Necessary to Explain a First Cause? - OnFaith
It doesn’t get much different than a Mormon and an atheist — so that’s precisely who we have engaging in a monthly debate on matters of spirituality. Donna Carol Voss is a Berkley grad, stay-at-home mom, former pagan and devout Mormon. W Cassity-Guilliom grew up with interfaith parents and landed as an irreligious apatheist, which evolved into atheism and skepticism with education. In this installment, the two debate whether God is necessary to explain a first cause.
"What Are You Doing?": The Ultimate Religious Question - OnFaith
The tradition of theology initiated by Frederich Schleiermacher in the late eighteenth century and clarified by William James at the dawn of the twentieth century insists that religion is not mainly a set of beliefs. Rather, religion is first and foremost a way of life. On these terms, the ultimate religious question is not “What are you thinking?” but rather “What are you doing?” If you want to know what we think is important, look at how we spend our time.
Privilege Is Not What You Think
Late one weekday evening after my wife Holly and I had both arrived back home, we were puttering about the apartment tending to end-of-day tasks when Holly casually turned to me and asked a simple question. I answered immediately, without stopping to think that this was one of those questions you probably shouldn’t answer without stopping to think. “What do you see when you look in the mirror?” she asked. “What do you mean by that?” she asked.
The Death Penalty's Underlying Problem
Does the state have the right to execute its citizens? My answer is yes. Did the botched execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma – 43 minutes between the beginning of the lethal injection and his death by heart attack – constitute cruel and unusual punishment? Again, my answer is yes. Does Texas, which persists in proving itself to be our nation’s most efficient capital killing field, execute citizens in a way that isn’t cruel and unusual? My answer is probably.
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