Category: Challenges
We Are All of Us Soft Animals: Ruminations on Compassion
You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. “Wild G... Read More
On Pride Within a Pluralistic Identity
As a Shia Imami Muslim, I belong to a community that is a minority not only within the Ummah, but also within the Shia sect. As a religious education teacher for the Ismaili Tariqah Religious and Educ... Read More
Do You Accept the Seder Orange?
Many artists will tell you: limits foster creativity. Staring at a blank canvas or a blinking cursor on a white screen can be agonizing, but throw some boundaries around your space (mental or otherwis... Read More
On Bringing Sacred Gifts and Our Sacred Selves
Last week’s Torah portion, Vayakhel, opens with Moses’ gathering the entirety of the Jewish people together. After reiterating the singular importance of Shabbat observance, specifically focusing ... Read More
On Catholicism and Universalism
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different... Read More
Beyond a Corporate Model of Healthcare (Part I)
As a resident physician, I find it interesting that the most prominent public role models for medical humanism are all dead: Maimodedes, William Carlos Williams and Oliver Wendell Holmes come to mind ... Read More
Technology, Organic Interfaith, and…Bowling?
Last summer, Rhee-Soo Lee wrestled with the divisive effects of technology upon our society in her blog post “Interfaith in a Technological World.” Admittedly, she is not anti-technology. Yet sh... Read More
On learning from difference while sharing similarities.
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different... Read More