Category: Community
What Mary, Joseph and Reality TV Share in Common (or how “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” teaches something powerful about Christmas theology)
When my husband I got married, we moved into a new apartment and signed a cable agreement, the kind where you get a bundle with far more than you need because getting less actually costs more. As a re... Read More
Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue: Special Issue on “Religion as a Force of Peace”
“In Face of Conflict: Religion as a Force of Peace,” Guest Edited by Dr. William F. Vendley, Secretary General of Religions for Peace Table of Contents “Bury the Bloody Hatchet: Seculari... Read More
Religious Ethics After Abu Ghraib
Last December, I had the opportunity to attend the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, Australia. The Parliament seeks to promote harmony, reconciliation, and understanding in t... Read More
Who Owns Yoga? Cultural Ownership in an Age of Globalization
A recent New York Times article, “Hindu Group Stirs a Debate Over Yoga’s Soul” (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/nyregion/28yoga.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1), has ignited controversy not just in... Read More
(en)gendering dialogue
I believe we human beings are a unique mix of feminine and masculine energies, the gift of both nature and nurture. In my experience, this mix of gendered elements, both fixed and continually shaped b... Read More
Recent Efforts within the Jewish Community on YHWH and LGBTQ Bullying
I posted about this issue earlier, but am revisiting it in light work being done by three Jewish groups in response to LGBTQ bullying. Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST), Keshet and Nehirim are st... Read More
Of Evangelicals and Atheists
Most might see a wide chasm separating evangelicals and atheists. But moderate Christians and non-theists have bigger fish to fry, argues Daniel Radosh in the book "Rapture Ready." And he's right.... Read More
Who Are We At War With Anyway?
I lived in a small New England town called Sudbury in Massachusetts for years. About three weeks ago, Sudbury lost one of their own to the “war on terror.” Army 1st Lieutenant Scott Milley who w... Read More