Here you’ll find links to audio of commentaries and sermons.
• The founders had a particular idea in mind when shaping the language of the Bill of Rights around religion—assuring freedom of religious exercise, something different from what most of the loudest voices in our conversation today have in mind when they talk about “religious freedom.” In this commentary for New England Public Radio, broadcast on August 10, 2012—less than a week after the attack at a Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin—the idea is that tolerance is the principal virtue when it comes to the Constitution’s ideas of religious values.
• The advent of online dating means that there’s a growing mountain of data about what makes relationships work—or not. The researchers who work behind the scenes at these services are pretty good at knowing what sort of people we’ll find suitable, and what folks we’ll decide to pass on. But there’s a difference between a match that makes for a relationship, and a relationship that succeeds as a marriage. And that’s where science leaves off and faith begins—because getting married is still a pretty radical act of faith. A commentary broadcast on New England Public Radio on June 15, 2012.