Throughout our history, the faith community has played a seminal role in setting America’s value base, informing fundamental constitutional beliefs, providing basic services especially in the medical and educational arenas and leading seismic social changes including the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the Civil Rights Movement. No single non-governmental entity is more affected by […]
Teaching the Faith Story Not Often Heard
I’m delighted to share with you a taste of my book in addition to a sampling of some articles and editorials I’ve written in the past. I wrote this book in part because it seems that in the public mind, faith is often associated with extremism and intolerance—faith often used to separate one group from […]
BOOK REVIEW: Hope Matters: The Untold Story of How Faith Works in America
There are so many ways that one can be touched by the incredible storytelling of events that redirected people’s lives. John Calhoun’s “Hope Matters” celebrates faith as a verb. You may find a new way of looking for your purpose within those pages. Through the odysseys of individuals, including that of the author, “Hope Matters” […]
Faith and Funding Simplified
The issue of funding faith-based public services is simpler than some would think. We are not talking about the gamut of faith- related services. Faith-linked programs, run by or in religious facilities, have been providing effective community services with public money for years. They should continue. Faith-filled programs have rejected public funding, or should not […]
