Category: Leadership
Do Only Religious People Have a ‘Calling’?
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post Religion. In a recent interview with BBC Radio 4, musician Jack White (of the White Stripes and other bands) reflected on his “calling.R... Read More
Religious Leadership and Violence Prevention after Tucson
This month, it became clear that Americans must do more to prevent violence. A congresswoman was shot in the head in what seems to have been a politically motivated assassination attempt – only ... Read More
Dynamic Stillness
The State of Formation seeks to provide a platform for emerging religious and ethical leaders in formation. But what does it really mean to be in formation? This personal reflection looks at reconcili... Read More
Respecting the Faithful, Respecting Faith – Part 1: Strength in the Face of Despair
In January 1956, Martin Luther King was in despair. His decisions as a civil rights leader in Montgomery, Alabama were being questioned, even by former supporters. He had been receiving anonymous deat... Read More
Bury the Bloody Hatchet: Secularism, Islam, and Reconciliation in Afghanistan
When the US negotiated peace with American Indians just a few years after the American Revolution, they used religiously-inspired, culturally relevant symbols to “bury the hatchet.” However, the... Read More
Tea with Hezbollah
Last Thursday, the New York Times reported that the Shi'i military and political movement Hezbollah, which many would classify as terrorist, toppled the Lebanese government just six months after the d... Read More
“Tangled” Narratives of the Disney Princess: Is the Church Keeping Up?
Whenever people asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I almost always had the same answer: Ariel. I wanted nothing more than her thick, red hair, tiny waist, and natural gift for song. Her co... Read More
Faith and Leadership in a Fragmented World – Can Atheists embrace Religious Pluralism?
"I have come here tonight as an American who, like all Americans, kneels to pray with you today, and will stand by you tomorrow... Scripture tells us that there is evil in the world, and that terrible... Read More