The Royals - All Of Them, Especially

In Thinking About Religion And Society In The 21st Century, We Should Broaden The Conversation About Faith From Doctrinal Debates To The Larger Question Of How It Might Inspire Us To Strengthen The Bonds Of Belonging That Redeem Us From Our Solitude, Helping Us To Construct Together A Gracious And Generous Social Order.

The First Of The Request Prayers In The Daily Amidah Is A Fractal. It Replicates In Miniature The Structure Of The Amidah As A Whole.

In Judaism Faith Means Wrestling With God As Jacob Once Wrestled With An Angel.

We Should Challenge The Relativism That Tells Us There Is No Right Or Wrong, When Every Instinct Of Our Mind Knows It Is Not So, And Is A Mere Excuse To Allow Us To Indulge In What We Believe We Can Get Away With. A World Without Values Quickly Becomes A World Without Value.

Civil Society Rests On Moral Relationships. They Are Covenantal Rather Than Contractual. They Are Brought About Not By Governments But By Us A Husbands And Wives, Parents, Friends And Citizens, And By The Knowledge Of What We Do And What We Are Makes A Difference To Those Around Us. (...) Renewing Society's Resources Of Moral Energy Is The Program, Urgent But Achievable.