Category: Interfaith
Why I am committed to building relationships with those from different religious and ethical traditions
As a committed Christian, I have experienced both open-mindness and closed thinking when it comes to how the church deals with varying moral and ethical convictions. Unfortunately, all too often, I ha... Read More
Why I am committed to building relationships with those from different religious and ethical traditions
Growing up in rural Alabama, I never experienced people with different religious and ethical traditions from my own. I assumed that everyone was like me – protestant, evangelical, and conservative, ... Read More
Moving the Conversation Forward
It just seems like déjà vu. Another terror attack in a western city and another nail in the coffin of Muslim community relations! Weeks after the Boston bomb attack, the gruesome Woolwich (South... Read More
In the wake of tragedy, a compassionate (religious?) response
It seems as if the tragedies are coming so fast we only need bullet points now: Newtown; The Boston Marathon; Oklahoma. There are hundreds of incidents I could write between each one, like a brief out... Read More
Blitzer, Vitsmun, and Authentic Interfaith Dialogue
Wolf Blitzer – prized journalist for CNN – made what some are affectionately referring to as a ‘teachable moment’ when he asked an atheist survivor (Rebecca Vitsmun) of the Moore, OK tornado:... Read More
Theological Matrix: Worldviews Exposed
Welcome… What is “the matrix?” The matrix is the space that we as humans develop culturally. We are all human social beings, we are born into community, a world that exists beyond us... Read More
Will Work for Meaning
On a recent, overcast Thursday evening, I co-led a presentation in San Marcos, Texas, about creating a local, interfaith environmental network. I didn’t know what to expect; in retrospect, I guess I... Read More
The power of compassion: Do Not Kill Buddha, Thou would bury the dead. Burma, Boston, and Tsarnaev.
“If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him.” This phrase may sound shocking, considering the Buddha’s teachings of the Noble Eightfold Path that talks about “right” (in harmony wi... Read More