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Category: Challenges

Reality Check: You Can’t Sign the Gay Away

Reality Check: You Can’t Sign the Gay Away

Posted on May 14, 2022May 12, 2022 by COVID Chronicles
Authored by Christopher Belden The COVID-19 pandemic left humanity navigating life in fear, feeling depressed and isolated. Humanity grew universally hopeless as the pandemic dragged on for two years,... Read More
Finding My Voice in the COVID-19 Debate

Finding My Voice in the COVID-19 Debate

Posted on May 13, 2022May 12, 2022 by COVID Chronicles
Authored by Sydney Little Atlanta is a city where residents seek to separate themselves from the rest of the state. As a college student in Atlanta whose hometown is just a short drive away from the c... Read More
My Tie to Reality

My Tie to Reality

Posted on May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 by COVID Chronicles
Poem and Reflection by Brianna Moffitt There always seems to be a conflict between my insides and outsides  The dramatic juxtaposition of vibrating with anxious energy,  and the smooth calm of the s... Read More
COVID Déjà Vu

COVID Déjà Vu

Posted on May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 by COVID Chronicles
Authored by Christopher Belden When the pandemic first infected the United States in late January 2020, I just had to survive two more marking periods of high school to be liberated from the most mise... Read More
Doing Our Part to Create a Healthier and More Just Society

Doing Our Part to Create a Healthier and More Just Society

Posted on July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 by Lev Kotler-Berkowitz
Lev and Sivan are both part of Hebrew College’s Faith in the Vaccine Ambassador Program. The below article was originally published on Hebrew College’s Community Blog on July 13, 2021. M... Read More
“Let All Who are Hungry Come and Eat”: Passover, COVID-19, and Youth Leadership

“Let All Who are Hungry Come and Eat”: Passover, COVID-19, and Youth Leadership

Posted on April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 by Or Rose
The below article was originally published on Interfaith America, a publication of Interfaith Youth Core, on March 25, 2021. This coming Saturday night, Jews throughout the world will celebrate the f... Read More
Developing Dialogue and Defining Hope

Developing Dialogue and Defining Hope

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Hope Dargan
What do the phrases “conservative Mormon” and “queer progressive interfaith dialogue” have in common? Me. The former is what I was raised as and the latter has been slowly adde... Read More
Coronavirus, the Adaption of Religion, and a Hope for Greater Unity

Coronavirus, the Adaption of Religion, and a Hope for Greater Unity

Posted on July 31, 2020July 30, 2020 by McKenzie Wilkins
The last few months have been unlike any our faith communities have ever experienced. My best friend had to evacuate her university to be with her family in Qatar. They celebrated Ramadan trapped insi... Read More
The Discipline of Reconciliation: Part 2 of 5

The Discipline of Reconciliation: Part 2 of 5

Posted on June 18, 2019June 16, 2019 by Demarius Walker
The Spirit of Retaliation: The Troubles Abroad His was the sort of gaze that you could not forget, if you paused long enough to notice. Our task for the weekend was quite clear. Working with a group o... Read More
Speaking Out and Safety

Speaking Out and Safety

Posted on June 15, 2019June 14, 2019 by Skyler Oberst
Recently, I was invited to lead a workshop on using technology as a tool for interfaith dialogue and action at the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue’s 10th Anniversary Commemoration Co... Read More
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