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Needing Each Other…

February 24th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

Close to 30 years ago, a number of city clergy got together representing the Abrahamic faiths (Muslim, Jewish, Christian) in response to an especially violent season. As I recall, among… Read More

Blood-stirred

February 17th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

On a recent visit to Chicago, Melissa and I stumbled into an off-the-beaten-track tour of what’s referred to as the Pedway, an unplanned but completely ingenious underground ribbon of tangled corridors… Read More

The Glory of our Humanity

January 27th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

In July 1986, NYPD officer Steven McDonald while on patrol in Central Park was shot repeatedly at point-blank range by a teenager in broad daylight. He survived the attack but… Read More

Threading the current moment…

January 20th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

For more than twelve years, I provided commentary on WCBS NewsRadio on topics under the banner of “Simple Truths: on Values, Civility and Our Common Good,” eventually collected into a… Read More

On love…

January 13th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

If you were to ask Melissa—to whom I’ve now been married for 40 years—she would tell you that I have a pathetic inability to find things around the apartment. In… Read More

Affirmation

January 6th, 2017 by Stephen Bauman

Many years ago when my kids were still in school, I attended a softball game in which my daughter was playing second base. I’m thinking she must have been in… Read More

Advent Reflection – Christmas Day

December 25th, 2016 by Stephen Bauman

Like a Child The Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman Our program in Washington Heights, El Nido (The Nest), has begun well.  We’ve attracted a fast-growing roster of young mothers with children… Read More

Advent Reflection – Twenty-Third Day of Advent

December 19th, 2016 by Stephen Bauman

My Soul Gives Glory to My God Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. The Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman Mary’s song is presented in the minor… Read More

Advent Reflection – Twenty-First Day of Advent

December 17th, 2016 by Stephen Bauman

Tell Out, My Soul Scroll down for to view the hymn and listen to the audio. The Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman I have always felt the built-in incongruity in our beloved… Read More

Fear and Trembling…

December 9th, 2016 by Stephen Bauman

In a recent opinion piece, award-winning science fiction writer, Liu Cixin, considers the break-neck advance of robotic artificial intelligence and its impact on our society. While he doesn’t paint an ostentatiously… Read More