William Lindsey

LATEST ARTICLES ( 3425 )

• Has the Bible Ever Been Used to Assault and Oppress Vulnerable People? Let Me...

  

  This posting is a footnote to the main story today, the photo-op the man in the White House staged for himself while having troops tear-gas peaceful protesters... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Bible as Weapon (Upholding Straight White Male Supremacy): Commentary on...

  

  We've reached the 'mad emperor' stage, and it's terrifying to behold | Richard Wolffe https://t.co/hSAx1wkhgZ— The Guardian (@guardian) June 2, 2020Heather Cox... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Again, a Case Study from Minnesota: Bishops Playing Culture-War Games Cannot...

  On 23 May, I posted a piece here entitled "As US President Demands That Churches Re-Open, Case Study from Minnesota." That posting noted the intent of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Reaping the Whirlwind: America Now Confronts the Reality of Its 2016 Election

  

  People Can Only Bear So Much Injustice Before Lashing Out via @thenation https://t.co/qevqJ0pvk4— 𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕒𝕞 𝔻. 𝕃𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕖𝕪 🌈 (@wdlindsy) May 30, 2020Jack Holmes, "Thi... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• For Memorial Day Weekend, as US Death Toll Nears 100,000: Valuable Commentary

  

  pic.twitter.com/a9FJ86ro5O— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 23, 2020Martha Pengelly, "Birx: Trump does wear a mask":Also from Fox News Sunday about its intervie... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As US President Demands That Churches Re-Open, Case Study from Minnesota

  

  Jean Hopfensperger, "Trump's threat intensifies tensions over reopening places of worship in Minnesota":Catholic leaders and Gov. Tim Walz met again Friday but... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• In a Play to His Base, US President Demands That Churches Open "Right Now":...

  President Trump says the country must reopen churches and other places of worship because they are essential. He said, “If they don’t do it, I will override... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As US President Demands That Churches Be Re-Opened, Tragic Failure of Imaginatio...

  There are times in history when it becomes apparent that the human community (or portions thereof) cannot continue doing business as usual. This becomes clear... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• As Churches Re-Open Across US, CDC Issues Report on Arkansas Church in Which a...

  

  In the current pandemic, churches and church gatherings have proven repeatedly to be a perfect petri dish for spread of coronavirus infection. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Book I Co-Authored with Bill Russell and Mary Ryan Now Published: A Family...

  

  This is a brief update to information I shared with you last October: in the posting I have just linked, I told that a book I had co-authored with Bill... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols Calls for Catholic Churches t...

  

  Harriet Sherwood reports in the London paper The Guardian today that the Catholic archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, is calling on the... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Remember the Discussion Here About Dangers of Singing Together in Churches Durin...

  After choir practice in Skagit County, #Washington, 52 members became ill with #COVID19 symptoms. COVID-19 spreads easily between people. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• German Catholic Bishops on Dismal Failure of Predecessors in Nazi Period; Anne...

  

  Writing in The Tablet yesterday, Christa Pongratz-Lippit reports on an in-depth study the German Catholic bishops recently commissioned in preparation for the... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Susan Neiman's Learning from the Germans and Working Off the Nazi Past and the...

  

  In February, I blogged a number of times about Susan Neiman's book Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil (Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2019). Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Here's How I See the Response to the Pandemic Playing Out Now in the United...

  The U.S. just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO. At least 2,909 people died of Covid-19 in 24 hours.... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Report on Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year (1722)

  

  History is so strange, outlandish — unlike the present day — that it's a relief to escape into it and remind oneself this cannot happen again: people learn... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• No Imagination: The Fundamental Failure of the Church in Face of the Pandemic

  

  What the Catholic response to the pandemic, especially in the US, has shown us about the brutal impoverishment of the Catholic moral, spiritual, and... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• My Response to "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel" — Still None,...

  I did watch "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel." It’s an excellent film and great statement, and I highly recommend it.My response is/was quite... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• A Valuable Opportunity Tomorrow, April 25: "American Heretics: The Politics of...

  In Oklahoma, you can be a Democrat or you can be a Christian. But you can't be both. ~ Rev. Robin Meyers, Mayflower United Church of Christ, Oklahoma CityI'd... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Wendell Griffen: "Chickens of Racism, Materialism and Militarism Have Come Home...

  

  I'd like to point readers to a valuable essay my friend Wendell Griffen published two days ago in Baptist News Global. It's entitled "Our national curse: the... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2020 LGBTQ, RELIGION, SOCIETY