Posted by Tom Ehrich 1 hour 2 min ago
After denials and evasions, we learned that two successive administrations lied to the American public about unprecedented spying on ordinary citizens.The latest phase of this longtime spying effort...
Posted by Tom Ehrich 1 week 6 days ago
The go-to number in American religion is “ASA” — average Sunday attendance. Or as an irreverent colleague put it, “Fannies in the pews.”It’s a meaningless metric, but it’s easy. Open the doors on...
Posted by Tom Ehrich 3 weeks 20 hours ago
On the day after the Indianapolis 500-mile race, I wonder why the self-proclaimed “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” matters so much to me.It isn’t a nostalgia trip to my growing-up days in Indianapolis...
Posted by Tom Ehrich 4 weeks 18 hours ago
Religious historians say that every 500 years, Christianity goes through a “massive transition,” as noted religion writer Phyllis Tickle puts it.Around 500 A.D., “barbarians” sought to subjugate Rome...
Posted by Tom Ehrich 6 weeks 19 hours ago
NEW YORK — I sat with my gospel choir colleagues, in a pew, while the host choir at Park Avenue Synagogue rehearsed a lovely Psalm setting in Hebrew.Some sang the Hebrew text with ease, some with...
