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Understanding Islam
I want to take you back to the time after 9/11 when Islam itself was under attack as well as Iraq. The comments made in the press as well...
Reverend James Squire
Nov 13, 20235 min read
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Antisemitism and Money
I Learned my first antisemitic caricature in English class when I was a senior in a public high school. We were studying Shakespeare’s,...
Reverend James Squire
Nov 11, 20235 min read
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The Inner Child of the Past and the War
Jake Tapper is one of the talking heads for CNN. He is one of my favorites as he always treats people with respect even in the midst of...
Reverend James Squire
Nov 1, 20235 min read
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The Question No One Wants To Ask
Photo by Tim Doerfler There has been the killing of innocent people since October 7 when Hamas, a terrorist group, began the war on...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 28, 20235 min read
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The Lost Art of Compromise
Photo by Brett Jordan I found locating a book on my bookshelves, The Art of Compromise, to be a challenge. It had many insights that...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 22, 20235 min read
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When Words Fail Us, We Are Saved By The Voice Of The Poets
Photo By Mark de Jong We have failed in finding the words to define how God must be present during this time of strife in our nation and...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 21, 20234 min read
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The Innocent Victim
One of the most difficult psychological concepts to explain is the power of the innocent victim. Power is a word that doesn’t juxtapose...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 19, 20235 min read
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WhatAboutism
Photo by Simone Secci I have often said to kids and adults that kids would make the best therapists in the world. I say this because...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 17, 20234 min read
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When Money Talks, Reason Walks
Many educational institutions and corporations across America have been caught in the middle of addressing the horror of the Hamas...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 16, 20233 min read
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Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right
Sometime in our youth perhaps we were told by a parent or a teacher that “two wrongs do not make a right.” This is what is happening in...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 13, 20235 min read
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The Ethics of Israel and Hamas at War
As I did often in ethics class, I want to walk around this political ethical dilemma and see the various perspectives. Israel has the...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 11, 20234 min read
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You Hurt My Feelings
There is a movie You Hurt My Feelings starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus. It is about how a novelist’s long- standing marriage is suddenly...
Reverend James Squire
Oct 7, 20235 min read
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