LIN: More meditation and prayer

All of us want our friends to talk to us because they enjoy talking to us, not for external, opportunistic reasons. We should apply the same lesson to meditation, eating and prayer. 

LIN: From a Christian, keep Bibles out of schools

I want my fellow brothers and sisters to choose to learn about the Bible in churches and community gatherings. But I also want my Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Agnostic, Atheist and other non-Christian friends to go to school without the interference of a Christian Nationalist agenda that blends the necessary line between religion and politics. I want Bibles to be out of public schools. 

LIN: Don’t let racism distract us

This November, America faces a choice. Trump and Vance represent the worst tradition in American politics: a divide-and-conquer, us-vs-them strategy on behalf of America’s plutocrats. It is a tradition with a long history, dating back to before the Civil War. We have a decision to make. Don’t let racism distract us.