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Archive: Jane Holmes Dixon
Time to Recognize Same-Gender Marriage
Our government's decision to recognize same-gender marriage would in no way inhibit any religions right to make up its own mind about celebrating such a marriage.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | July 31, 2009; 05:31 PM ET | Comments (22)
Clergy and Politicans Not the Same
Comparing Sarah Palin's possibility to be Vice President or being ordained in a faith tradition that does not accept women is comparing clergy to politicians. Not the same.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | September 5, 2008; 04:31 PM ET | Comments (12)
Time to Move From Faith to Interfaith
My concern is whether both Senator Obama and Senator McCain will have the same type of events at a synagogue, a mosque, a gudwara and an ethical society. And whether CNN will carry those events live.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | August 21, 2008; 09:29 AM ET | Comments (15)
The Stench of Racism
"Racism," as my seminary professor, the Reverend John Wolverton said, "is a stench in the nostrils of God Almighty." Three in ten Americans are being honest. What about the rest of us?
By Jane Holmes Dixon | August 4, 2008; 11:18 AM ET | Comments (14)
Created in the Image of God
The Church of England’s decision this week to allow the consecration of female bishops embodies the biblical witness that all persons, both men and women, are created in the image of God.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | July 10, 2008; 02:28 PM ET | Comments (29)
Laughter is Healthy for Religion, Mocking is Not
If religion is taken too seriously without any laughter, people of faith can sometimes become too sure of themselves.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | June 20, 2008; 02:56 PM ET | Comments (9)
Law Must Uphold Rights, not Theology
I can understand why the Archbishop of Canterbury was shocked by the reactions to his lecture from the British Prime Minister and many commentators. Their remarks cause me to wonder if they read his statement in its entirety.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | February 15, 2008; 08:11 AM ET | Comments (16)
Give the People a Choice
As an Anglican, my tradition held from our beginning that the language of the liturgy should be in the language of the people.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | July 17, 2007; 09:44 AM ET | Comments (6)
God Will Let Me Know God
Faith is not a proof; rather it is conviction.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | June 19, 2007; 09:18 AM ET | Comments (26)
No Answer. Only Grief and Hope
Somehow, I am assured that God is strong enough and loving enough to take all my fury, rage, pain, and despair.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | April 18, 2007; 07:31 AM ET | Comments (46)
We Are All Created in the Image of God
Let us be honest. The Church has ordained gay men for centuries.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | March 5, 2007; 09:38 AM ET | Comments (490)
It's All About Eve
For me, the worst slights came from within the church, not from the outside.
By Jane Holmes Dixon | January 22, 2007; 07:45 AM ET | Comments (20)
An Interfaith Nation
We must be careful to protect the gift of religious liberty given us by the wise men who wrote the U.S. Constitution
By Jane Holmes Dixon | December 18, 2006; 09:50 AM ET | Comments (8)
Hunger in the land of plenty
I am haunted by one of the great prophets of Israel, Micah, who wrote long before the British came to these shores: “and what does the Lord require of you, oh human, but to do justice, love mercy and walk...
By Jane Holmes Dixon | November 22, 2006; 10:32 AM ET | Comments (0)
Conversation not Conversion
Candor vital for establishing common ground
By Jane Holmes Dixon | November 14, 2006; 04:00 PM ET | Comments (12)
