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For almost two decades, Krista Tippett has been asking questions about faith, grief, hope, and the human condition. 2020 has given her a lot to talk about.

Jannatul Hasan / Wikimedia Commons Faith can play an important role in times of uncertainty - offering comfort and hope.  Since COVID-19 hit Connecticut, many churches, synagogues and mosques have closed across the state.  Faith leaders have moved worship online - and found new ways to bring people together. It has not been easy.  Leaders across religious traditions are under tremendous pressure guiding their congregations through grief and trauma - while helping their communities build resilience. In a conversation recorded earlier this month, guest host Diane Orson talks with a past...

Chard DeNiord What happens as we reach closer to the veil and cross over? This question has tortured poets, philosophers and spiritual seekers for millennia. And while great thinkers and faithful devotees tend to use logical systems and religion to answer this eternal question, the poets revel in doubt and speculation. Chard deNiord, Vermont's poet laureate from 2015 to 2019, is a writer whose poetic talents come with a healthy dose of philosophy and religious mysticism. A professor at Providence College and cofounder of New England College's MFA p...

By Michael Ruiz Georgia Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock, who in 2008 defended former President Obama’s inflammatory one-time pastor, appears to have hosted him as a guest preacher at his Atlanta church in 2014. A flyer for the event found on Facebook advertised the Rev. Jeremiah Wright as a guest preacher at Warnock’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. A campaign spokesman for Warnock’s election rival, incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler, blasted the move. “Not only did Raphael Warnock praise Jeremiah Wright’s ‘God Damn America’ sermon, he thought it was so great that he invit...

Biden ally to cure congressional divide Posted : 2020-12-14 17:13 By Trudy Rubin When 18 Republican attorneys general back President Donald Trump's latest ludicrous Supreme Court try to overturn the election, it's hard to foresee any GOP cooperation with a Biden presidency. When leading GOP senators stay mum on Trump's fake fraud claims and his fans' threats of violence, with tongues frozen by fear of the president and his followers, it's hard to imagine bipartisanship in Congress. Yet President-elect Joe Biden has made bipartisan outreach his motto. His calls to heal the country's bitter p...