Category: Community
Religious Leadership and Violence Prevention after Tucson
This month, it became clear that Americans must do more to prevent violence. A congresswoman was shot in the head in what seems to have been a politically motivated assassination attempt – only ... Read More
Dynamic Stillness
The State of Formation seeks to provide a platform for emerging religious and ethical leaders in formation. But what does it really mean to be in formation? This personal reflection looks at reconcili... Read More
A Blessing for Tucson (and the rest of us)
Like many of you, I have struggled to figure out how to respond to the travesty in Tucson. I was shocked at the carnage, sickened by the loss of life, and outraged at both the perpetrator and the sy... Read More
I Accept the Other, But I Fight with My Brother: why intra-faith relations can be the biggest challenge of all
When I am invited to attend Muslim salaat (one of the five daily prayer sessions) I sit in the back with the other women. I comply with gender customs as a guest. I cover my hair under hijab without h... Read More
Tea with Hezbollah
Last Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Shi'i military and political movement Hezbollah, which many would classify as terrorist, toppled the Lebanese government just six months after the d... Read More
How the VA Resurrected My Uncle
My Uncle Willie, the fourth and youngest boy of my grandma’s litter, has always struck me as a touch “off.” Compared to his brothers—my clever and scholarly father, my robust and street smart ... Read More
Tyler Clementi and Proximate Justice
I went on a run one evening in early October. It was a blustery night, and I ran hard against a misty and diligent headwind along New York City’s Hudson River. Under the bumpy plum-colored cloud... Read More
For the Reverend Martin Luther King…sing.
For me, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is first and foremost a Baptist minister, and a child of the same. "Reverend" is a title that he earned with his education and his occupation, but also a t... Read More