Michael Woolf

Michael Woolf is an author at Religion News Service.

All Stories by Michael Woolf

‘Between the Temples’ needs to get its head on straight about clergy misconduct

By Michael Woolf — August 30, 2024
(RNS) — Grieving clergy deserve grace, but even the grieving need to respect the dangers of spiritual power.

At Buddhist-Christian dialogue, finding solidarity amid shifting religious landscape

By Michael Woolf — July 10, 2024
(RNS) — In a polarized country renegotiating the role of religion in civic life, interfaith partnerships are critical.

‘Kinds of Kindness’: Three cautionary tales of devotion gone too far

By Michael Woolf — June 28, 2024
(RNS) — We may be made for devotion, but what it does to us is hard to watch.

Burned out, exhausted, leaving: A new survey finds clergy are not OK

By Michael Woolf — January 25, 2024
(RNS) — This isn't the time for US congregations to be facing a massive leadership transition.

Israeli, Palestinian, Muslim or Jewish: Some pain doesn’t fit the story we want to hear

By Michael Woolf — October 26, 2023
(RNS) — People of faith are called to have compassion, regardless of our preferred political narratives.
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