I want to tell you about my Uncle Jerry

I wrote this for Mother Courant.

Some good things can come from a bad election.

I wrote this for Mother Courant.

The guy followed a white soccer ball around the world

I wrote this for Mother Courant.

A diaper is never just a diaper

I wrote this for Mother Courant.

On the 20th anniversary (or thereabouts) of TANF…

…I wrote this for Mother Courant, about Community Soup Kitchen in New Haven.

Harvard’s offering free online religion literacy courses

How cool is that? Sort of along the same lines (sort of), I wrote this for Mother Courant on Sunday. “Sort of” because Harvard and I appear to agree that ignorant ain’t pretty.

You need to know M.T. Winter

So I wrote this for Mother Courant.

We are still celebrating marriage equality but…

…there is still so much work to be done. I wrote this for Mother Courant.

They said yes.

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor, 5-4 of marriage equality, and Baby Jesus is smiling. Here’s your takeaway: Same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry. If you’re able, here’s a live stream from PBS. And here are some super-cuts from the arguments. (That live stream has been pretty awesome: People have emerged …

I’ve never understood cynicism

On Sunday, I wrote a column for Mother Courant about the need for providing household goods for people who have been homeless, but now are being housed through Greater Hartford’s 100-day challenge. The response has been, in a word, incredible. Sara Capen Salomons is the contact person for Journey Home, the lead agency in the …