Category: Learning
Oscars and Congregational Life
Sunday is Oscar night. Whether you're a fan of flicks or not, rest assured the congregants you lead are learning as much about faith from film as they are the local congregation. A need for worry? Not... Read More
Evangelicals and Muslims Loving God, Each Other, and the World Together?
Is conflict inevitable? Fighting and fighting words aside, relations between Evangelicals and Muslims are far from uniform.... Read More
Rage in the Digital Age (pt. 2 of 2)
Rather than looking for the opposite of wrath, should we be looking for wrath’s perfection? The completion of wrath, rather than just its undoing? Patience isn’t something to avoid, but it’s not... Read More
Disengagement: Try It!
In the overworked world of a clergy-person's life, dis-engaging can not only save your soul, but be a model for those you lead to bring balance to their own lives.... Read More
Going Beyond the Rhetoric: The Muslim Aid-UMCOR Partnership in Sri Lanka
This paper highlights practical examples of dialogue and collaboration between Muslim Aid and UMCOR showing how different faith communities make natural allies for the promotion and success of cross... Read More
Rage in the Digital Age (pt. 1 of 2)
We’re in a time where a lot of community and dialogue is happening online. The possibilities are endless. You can be talking to someone in Peoria and Beirut, and all be talking about the same thing.... Read More
Come… read my sacred texts as if they were yours…
In an earlier post, I offered a reflection on the types of inter-religious encounters that, although often well intentioned, tend to be reductive and ultimately unhelpful in the development of inter-r... Read More
The Hazards of Following God’s Call: Keep the Hard Hat Close—You’ll Need it
Do you ever feel like you are on the right road, that you are making the right choice, and then, BAM! – you realize, you’re not? Yes, that just happened to me, again. I was hoping for a trav... Read More