Today I visited Camp Onomia, one of the outdoor ministries of the ELCA, located just two hours northwest of Saint Paul in the Mille Lacs area. And I am so glad I did! Camp Onomia is set on beautiful Shakopee Lake, and is surrounded by state park land. As you look across the lake, youContinue reading “Onomia, Oh My!”
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Religious Groups on Campus: Christian Legal Society vs. Martinez
Earlier today the Supreme Court heard arguments in Christian Legal Society vs. Martinez, testing whether a school's nondiscrimination policy can result in barring a student religious group – which, by definition, is limited to people who share that faith – from receiving official campus recognition. The case involved a student organization at Hastings College ofContinue reading “Religious Groups on Campus: Christian Legal Society vs. Martinez”
Moment of Silence in Virginia Schools
According to Virginia law, a school pupil's free exercise of religion within the schools is guaranteed by one minute of silence in the school day. I'm no lawyer, but I am a pastor and a person of at least ordinary intelligence. I have a hard time seeing how a minute of silence provides such aContinue reading “Moment of Silence in Virginia Schools”