Category: Challenges
Interfaith Dialogue and Religious Harmony in Nepal
When I planned on speaking to A Level Students about religious issues at a college in Kathmandu, Nepal as a guest speaker, one of my friends asked about the topic of my discussion. He was surprised as... Read More
Interfaith Lessons Learned from a Witch Camp
Kukuo, in northern Ghana, is home to a camp for alleged witches. Women who have been accused of witchcraft come there looking for safety. They come looking because if they stay home they are in da... Read More
A Divine Call for Affirmation
This past week, Jews around the world commenced the reading of the Book of Exodus as part of the annual Torah reading cycle. This past week’s Torah portion, Parashat Shemot, contain important moment... Read More
Immigration and Interfaith
During the first week of December, I traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border with 12 others from Harvard Divinity School as part of a course titled Border Crossings: Immigration in America. We spent fiv... Read More
Politics of grace
Like many people who celebrate Christmas (or get a holiday for it regardless), I have just headed out of my usual climate to go see family for the time I get off of school. Like many people, I knew ... Read More
Kenya Yetu Hakuna Matata (In our Kenya there are no problems)
This past summer I was in Kenya, partially for pleasure and partially for research. I stayed close to the Westgate Mall, site of the horrific terrorist attack in September, and visited it several time... Read More
Dasani, Mayor Bloomberg, and Reverse Idolatry
Earlier this month, the New York Times published a five-part series on Dasani, an 11-year-old girl living in a homeless shelter in New York City. The series explicates the experience of New York Cityâ... Read More
Theology of Failure, pt. 3
When I began seminary, I learned that the Gospel of Mark originally ended without Jesus coming back. Check the footnotes on Mark 16. Verses 9-20 were tacked on to resolve a confusing and terrible st... Read More