Category: Leadership
S.A.D. Lights and Advent Candles: What is the purpose of religion?
I suffer from situational depression, and it’s called life. Despite our different religious traditions we can all affirm that death is inevitable, loss is frequent, and life can be unspeakably painf... Read More
“Religion as a Force of Peace”: Guest Post By Dr. William F. Vendley
The contemporary Estonian composer, Arvo Pärt, has developed a compositional system that—reduced to its sparest minimum—consists of the dynamic interplay of two musical lines in a field of silen... Read More
Future Religious and Ethical Leaders Ask The Hard Questions — Together
This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post Religion. “‘Thou shalt not’ might reach the head, but it takes ‘Once upon a time’ to reach the heart.” So said ... Read More
Nature vs. Culture?
This week in our year-long class on Exodus our discussion focused on Moshe’s identity struggle as played out by his early forays out into the broader world, being incensed by the injustice all aroun... Read More
Homos have a propensity…
My brother is a rock star. He is seven years younger than I and is the second author on two scientific articles (one in Advance Materials and another one in Cell). In the first article, he made an imp... Read More
Taking a Divine Breath
The topic for my seminar class on the evening of November 8th was “Forgiveness and Reconciliation.” We sat around the table that night discussing the various theological perspectives on the topi... Read More
Proceeding along the aporetic path
This post is inspired by / in response to a recent post by Honna Eichler. It explores questions of community and responsibility and the difficulty of discerning one's call.... Read More
American Buddhists and Community Service
Two years ago I started Dana Wiki, an online, collaborative handbook to help American Buddhist congregations get more involved in community service. This past week, I re-launched the site with new hos... Read More