Category: Community
The Ugly American Abroad
I spent last week at Agape Centro Ecumenico, an ecumenical centre in Northern Italy with roots in the post-World War II peace movement. I attended last summer’s conference series at Agape on Fun... Read More
The Apple of the Eye of the Storm
My spiritual journey began when I was 7 and I declared that I absolutely did not believe in God. I declared that God was a preposterous hypothesis, of which I had no need. These days, when I m... Read More
The Unchurch Church
It’s been a long time since I’ve stepped inside a Southern Baptist Church. In fact, its been a long time since I’ve been inside any church, that institutional space where “Go... Read More
Whispers of a call
Brad Bannon’s post, responding to Honna Eichler, brought this two-year old post from my blog to mind. I still whisper of what my “formation” might mean–my own acknowledgment of... Read More
The Simulacra of Yoga
No one wants to believe in fakery. Whatever we believe or do, we want it to be authentic. In a recent post about the Hindu American Foundation’s statement on the place of yoga as a Hindu pract... Read More
Proceeding along the aporetic path
This post is inspired by / in response to a recent post by Honna Eichler. It explores questions of community and responsibility and the difficulty of discerning one's call.... Read More
Mission Creep: TV’s and Christianity’s
I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but in the past few years we have witnessed the dissolution of the missional integrity of the various previously specialized television networks. The militar... Read More
American Buddhists and Community Service
Two years ago I started Dana Wiki, an online, collaborative handbook to help American Buddhist congregations get more involved in community service. This past week, I re-launched the site with new hos... Read More