A simple prayer that has been on my heart: May God grant peace to the victims of the shooting in Newtown today. May God grant justice to those who were granted none in Newtown today. May God give us s...Read More
Since I can remember, there’s been a conflict in the Middle East. In fact, the conflict in the Middle East surpasses any of our living memories and is engrained in the beautiful, Middle Eastern cult...Read More
When the question is put to me—“How do you handle the stress of finals from within your religious tradition?”—I’d like to say something about quiet meditation, or focused scripture reading, ...Read More
In her recent address to the Claremont School of Theology, Phyllis Tickle put on the table several key issues that must be addressed if the mainline church hopes to speak to the needs of those who are...Read More
Last night I bought and decorated my Christmas tree; it looks gorgeous! This week it has felt cold enough to snow, although it’s so rare that it actually snows in central London that we have to put ...Read More
This past week, The Jewish Daily Forward published an article entitled, “Online Ordained Rabbis Grab Pulpits.” This article profiles several synagogues who, in this difficult economic climate, hav...Read More
It’s been a strange week in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Angus T. Jones, who plays the character Jake in the television hit Two and a Half Men, gave a testimony in a two part Youtube video of h...Read More
In this week’s parsha, Parashat Vayishlach, we read one of the Torah’s most difficult and upsetting narratives—the rape of Dinah, the only daughter born to Jacob and Leah, by Shechem, the son of...Read More
Continuing my series on being “A Yogi at Union” with an exploration on the need for an urgent and compassionate call from the spiritual/theological tradition concerning our existential ec...Read More
More so than when beloved humans in my life have died, as I prepare for my cat's death I find myself needing to believe—against any rational argument, against my significant philosophical problems w...Read More