Category: Challenges
“The Prophet of Islam: Muhammad and Environmental Activism” by Ozgur Koca
Muhammad, like every other important controversial historical figure, is what we choose to remember of his legacy. Current studies on the Prophet of Islam “choose” to remember the highlights of hi... Read More
A Believer’s Response To The Connecticut Shooting: We All Suffer Together
The mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut raises serious questions about the health of our society and collective humanity. People around the globe today wonder how anyone coul... Read More
The Massacre of the Innocents
Post first published at Lutheran Moxie. One of my favorite carols, for sheer beauty of sound, is the Coventry Carol. But you don’t often hear it on the radio this time of year. Not too surprising, I... Read More
Calling For Grace In Such Senseless Tragedy
It’s very hard to comprehend human nature when something so traumatic happens. We can throw a bunch of theories as to why some of us do the things we do, but the faculties of our reason just get... Read More
A Baha’i Prayer for Divine Assistance
Dispel my grief by Thy bounty and Thy generosity, O God, my God, and banish mine anguish through Thy sovereignty and Thy might. Thou seest me, O my god, with my face set towards Thee at a time when so... Read More
Poetry and Healing in Times of Great Tragedy
Today is my birthday, but I won’t be celebrating this year. I woke up this morning not thinking about my 24 years of life, but about the 26 lost souls, and 20 of these victims who never got a chance... Read More
Dear Newtown, and the World: A Prayer for Peace
As we struggle to grasp the reality of the unthinkable violence today in Newtown, CT, may we, along with whatever feelings may come, feel our hearts overflowing with love, filling our bodies and mind... Read More
A Time to Dance: Reflections on the Connecticut School Shooting
As a Marine recruit in basic training, we were ingrained with a sense of pride; we would become the latest generation of warriors known for being, as the Marine Corps Hymn states, “the first to ... Read More