Op-Eds

“American has a loneliness epidemic: How about religious faith as part of the solution” with Elan Babchuck Boston Globe. July 30, 2023

Who’s Giving Americans Spiritual Care?” The Conversation, December 1, 2022

“How the role and visibility of chaplains changed over the past century” with Michael Skaggs.
The Conversation. June 1, 2022

“Preparing Chaplains to Serve Today’s Demands” with Shelly Rambo. London School of Economics, Religion and Global Society Blog. December 9, 2021.

“What Harvard’s humanist chaplain shows about atheism in America” with Penny Edgell. The Conversation. September 24, 2021.

“The Rise of the Chaplains.” The Atlantic. May 17, 2020.

“It’s time to address the unprecedented grief surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.” The Hill. April 26, 2020.

“On land or ship, port chaplains offer comfort to seafarers of the world.” Edwardsville Intelligencer. July 23, 2017. Op-Ed Page.

“Bow out, politics, prayer is personal.” Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 5, 2010. Op-Ed Page.

“A personal day of prayer: Let’s not nationalize or politicize our relationships to God,” Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 3, 2010, Op-Ed Page.

“Different health care reform: doctors trained to deal with patients about faith,”Christian Science Monitor, January 5, 2010. Op-Ed Page.

“Where medical, spiritual worlds meet at life’s end” with Heather M. Hinton, Baltimore Sun, October 4, 2009. Op-Ed Page

“Protestant churches shift slowly toward gay equality” with Laura Olson, Boston Globe, September 1, 2009. Op-Ed Page.

“What We Pray.” Baltimore Sun. December 14, 2008. Op-Ed Page.