Category: Community
Another Apparent Sikh Hate Crime in NYC
Originally Published in The Huffington Post Two years ago, the nation came together when a white supremacist entered a gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and opened fire on the congregation. It was the ... Read More
The Piety of Aesthetics and the Spiritual Practice of Matching
Every morning as I’m getting dressed, I look in my basket of kippot to select the kippah that most matches my outfit for the day. Sometimes, it’s the light green, burgundy, and white one t... Read More
Growing a string of PERLs: A report from the first year of Philadelphia Emerging Religious Leaders — Part II
Bringing in principles informed by my work in Faith-Based Community Organizing I entered the first full year of Philadelphia Emerging Religious Leaders (PERL) with the goal of building the small exist... Read More
God Weeps and God Delights
Rev. Nancy Taylor, senior minister of Old South Church in Boston, recently wrote a reflection for the United Church of Christ’s Still Speaking Daily Devotionals. In it, she addresses the seemingly r... Read More
Welcoming the Secular: A Call to Both Sides
Last week I attended the North American Interfaith Network’s annual conference in Detroit, MI. After four days of panels, community excursions, and intensive networking I returned home exhausted but... Read More
Growing a string of PERLs: A report from the first year of Philadelphia Emerging Religious Leaders — Part I
Today’s emerging religious leaders are hungry to build relationships with each other, work shoulder to shoulder for social justice, and learn the skills of interfaith dialogue and collaboration that... Read More
“You Ain’t Never Had a Friend Like Me”: On Robin Williams, Suicide, Ultimate Concern, and Actual Hope for the Rest of Us, Part I
*TRIGGER WARNINGS* suicide, self-harm, depression Over this past month, prompted by Ramadan, I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a good person in the world. It’s way harder than... Read More
Balancing Love and Responsibility
The Village Voice has a response article making its way around the internet this week. The piece is a help column by Andrew W.K. in a reoccurring column called Ask Andrew W.K. On August 6, the fea... Read More