Category: Learning
The Media My Daughter Witnessed – Part I
I am a great mom. My life as a mother is rewarding, educational, and at times, messy. I realized as my daughter, Katy, matured, the more mistakes I made, the more I learned, and the more I realized th... 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
Clarity or Vagueness? Issues in Theological Discourse
“All simplifications of religious dogma are shipwrecked upon the problem of evil.” Imagine for a second that you are somebody who believes in the existence of “something” beyond the physical c... Read More
A Choosing-Judaism Holiday Dilemma: What Do We Do with Santa?
“But Mom, if we celebrate Hanukkah, then Santa won’t come, will he?” This was the question from my clearly worried 7-year old last December as we prepared to celebrate our first Hanukkah. And ju... Read More
What is Interfaith Sacred Space?
When studying for the 2006 U.S.A. Memory Championship, journalist and mnemonics enthusiast Joshua Foer utilized a bizarrely simple technique taught to him by his mentor, Ed Cooke, in order to win it a... 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
A Knife-Point Mugging Proves We Don’t Need Rules
Do you remember seeing this story from NPR? A teenager stuck up Julio Diaz at knife-point, demanding his wallet. Apparently not in the mood for heroics, Diaz acquiesced. He didn’t deem the c... Read More
Apologies, Not Apologetics
Something keeps creeping up in my mind, almost as a mantra, as I hear and see and experience much of our world’s news. From within the OccupyWallStreet movement and other protests national and globa... Read More