While touring the press preview for the Tim Burton exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), I felt transported to a mythical land of whimsical horror and fantasy. This exhibit brought up memories of my Wittenburg Door interview with Daniel…
In my ongoing quest to turn my travels into pilgrimages, I keep discovering resources that help me along the way. Here are a few of my recent finds that I thought might be of interest to fellow pilgrims.
As we celebrate the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, let us reflect on walls that are currently being built across the U.S.-Mexico border as well as in Bethlehem and the West Bank. Such walls never seem to contain the…
In Crossing the Lines: A Novel, author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…
When covering film festivals, I find I have to be careful not to see too many war-themed flicks in rapid succession. I can only absorb so much violence within a relatively short time frame without becoming one of the walking…
Fans of gonzo political activism may remember the Yes Men’s infamous stunt in which Andy Bichlbaum posed as a Dow Chemical spokesperson named Jude (patron saint of the impossible) Finisterra (earth’s end). In front of a worldwide television audience estimated…
Jamie Moffett, co-founder of The Simple Way and director of The Ordinary Radicals, traveled to El Salvador to film the documentary Return to El Salvador. While there, he heard about Marcelo Rivera, an activist who was tortured and then murdered. As…
In the August 2009 issue of Harper’s Magazine, Brooklyn-based writer Rachel Aviv penned an article titled “Like I was Jesus: How to Bring a 9-Year-Old to Christ.” I was intrigued enough by this article to shoot her an e-mail and ask…
Presently, the glare of the media spotlight has started to shine on a number of political figures, all of whom coincidentally have a connection to a D.C.-based group called The Family. Stories linking The Family to these politicos have appeared…
Recently, I’ve begun to think how I can reconnect with God by turning all my travels (including my everyday errands) into pilgrimages. In this quest, I am greatly aided by the Rev. Kurt Neilson, author of Urban Iona. He reminds…
When I found out A Night of Hope with Joel & Victoria would be playing in New York City, at the brand new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium, I knew I had to attend this concert. (Sorry, but if you charge…
On the anniversary of the 1994 Tutsi Genocide in Rwanda, I was invited by Miracle Corners of the World to attend a ceremony held at the Church Center for the United Nations to honor the one million lives lost.
Whenever I see holy hipster author-speakers flying around the world to peddle their products, I feel like hurling The Green Bible in their general direction. How in God’s name can anyone claim to be an expert in bringing forth new forms…
Righteous anger, one of the best weapons in the satirist’s arsenal, can eat me alive if I’m not careful. Jesus must look at some of my moves and shake his head. But then he takes me in his arms and…
In commemoration of Charles Robert Darwin’s 200th birthday, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit 501(c)3 educational corporation, is hosting Darwin Day. This international celebration of science and humanity is held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was…
While touring the press preview for the Tim Burton exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), I felt transported to a mythical land of whimsical horror and fantasy. This exhibit brought up memories of my Wittenburg Door interview with Daniel…
. In…
, author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…
Fans of gonzo political activism may remember the Yes Men’s infamous stunt in which Andy Bichlbaum posed as a Dow Chemical spokesperson named Jude (patron saint of the impossible) Finisterra (earth’s end). In front of a worldwide television audience estimated…
, a compelling memoir that highlights the…
Recently, I’ve begun to think how I can reconnect with God by turning all my travels (including my everyday errands) into pilgrimages. In this quest, I am greatly aided by the Rev. Kurt Neilson, author of 
When I found out A Night of Hope with Joel & Victoria would be playing in New York City, at the brand new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium, I knew I had to attend this concert. (Sorry, but if you charge…
in their general direction. How in God’s name can anyone claim to be an expert in bringing forth new forms…
In commemoration of Charles Robert Darwin’s 200th birthday, Darwin Day Celebration, a nonprofit 501(c)3 educational corporation, is hosting 
