Category: Leadership
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
I am not sure if it is the Catholic in me, or the United Methodist in me, or the Mom in me, or the woman in me, but one person I feel does not receive the recognition she deserves at Christmas is, of ... Read More
Embracing Darkness, Kindling Light
The lighting of Chanukah candles can be seen as a ceremonial process through which we enact the destruction that necessarily precedes rededication. We place our candle in its holder, light its tiny fl... Read More
Gene Marks is Right
Article first published as Gene Marks Is Right on Blogcritics. Once again, someone has picked up their keyboard and whacked the hornet’s nest of contemporary racial discourse in America. This ti... Read More
Interfaith Dialog: Respect is Key
This semester I had the honor and pleasure to work as the educational assistant for a course, “Religious Pluralism” at McCormick Theological Seminary under the leadership of Dr. Robert Ca... Read More
5 Things the Church Can Learn From Women’s Roller Derby
In a world where girls and young women are bombarded by the media's portrayal of the perfect body -- where eating disorders, depression and low self-esteem characterize young women's lives -- there al... Read More
Money Cannot Be Eaten
Article first published as Money Cannot Be Eaten on Blogcritics. As the last of the Occupy encampments are swept away across the nation, few can fail to recognize that whatever the future of this move... Read More
A Politics of Possibility
Article first published as A Study in Possibility on Blogcritics. It’s a holiday season crowded with crises. An entire continent slouches towards financial free fall, austerity emerges as a new ... Read More
Freedom in a Religious State?: An Inter-Abrahamic Reflection
I hope this inter-Abrahamic refection serves to complicate our stance on some very touchy topics... to humanize them just a bit... and to realize that at the base of the most difficult conflicts are r... Read More