Category: Interfaith
Let’s Become a New Creation Together
With every fiber of my being I believe what the Great American Poet, Walt Whitman said in his Song of Myself: “every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you,” and what the cosmologist Brian S... Read More
Civil Religion and The Powers That Be
Popularly known as the “Muslim Gandhi,” Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988) led hundreds of thousands of Pashtuns in nonviolent resistance to the oppressive British colonizers in India, suffering great... Read More
Vocation at the Heart of Formation
What a rich blessing it was to help host the Fund for Theological Education’s Leaders in Ministry Conference at Boston University, June 16-20, 2010. Having been an FTE Undergraduate and Ministry F... Read More
Lutheranism Without the Potluck
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and I are suffering a spiritual identity crisis brought on by the death of a culture-based practice of Lutheranism. The practice of church has been d... Read More
Resistance Is Not Futile
I’m emboldened to resist These pleas to desist To a mindless assimilation Sans critical examination Of mythic cyborg-like notions Laced with spiritual potions A “We” with no “I” denti... Read More
Christians in the Sukkah
Have you ever heard the expression, “You’re in my personal space?” As Americans, we love our space. During the frontier days, barb wire delineated my space from your space. Today, elongated “p... Read More
Holy Wisdom Monastery: The Movie
A short documentary-style introduction to the Volunteer-in-Community (VIC) program at the ecumenical Holy Wisdom Monastery near Madison, Wisconsin. It conveys the openness of Holy Wisdom Monastery, th... Read More