Whose values will govern our nation? Most conservative leaders want the U.S. to be governed by what George Lakoff calls a "Strict Father" family model applied to the nation. [See Moral Politics: How Conservatives and Liberals Think] Many of them want that model to be an explicitly Christian model in agreement with a conservative tradition […]

In my book Moral Values: What I Learned Growing Up in Church, I call on people in the churches to create a network of "safe places" where people can freely talk and tell their stories — and where people will experience the compassion, grace, and generosity Jesus taught and lived. I am convinced that this […]

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said he thinks Democrats expect him to fight. Maybe so. But if leaders in both parties engage in verbal fights using stereotypes and derogatory language, everyone will be hurt. No one will be excluded from the harm continuing to be done to our country.

Dean characterized the GOP recently as “a […]