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Essays and reflections on responsible leadership, faith, and civility — published on Substack and pulled in here as they appear.
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August 28, 2026
The Call of Our Time
Nearly seven billion people follow a faith. The good that follows almost never makes the news — and that is the thing we can change
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August 21, 2026
The Mending
The moral fabric is torn to its seams. Somebody has to be holding the needle
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August 14, 2026
Set a Table
A shaking table does not get steadied by one carpenter in one city. And the only guest who matters is the one you disagree with
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August 6, 2026
What Only Religious Leaders Can Do
Four instruments no government can issue, revoke, or replace
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July 31, 2026
The Problem Is Not the Faith
Every tradition teaches mercy. The betrayal happens somewhere else, and only one group of people can name it.
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July 24, 2026
The Crossroads Nobody Chose
Where geopolitics ends and reality begins, somebody has to be standing there
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July 17, 2026
The Table Is Shaking
The builders of the table are being called back to steady it
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July 3, 2026
The Thread That Holds
What a letter to a Newport synagogue, two hundred fifty years of argument, and this Fourth of July weekend have in common
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