Category: News
Boo and the Big Bad Bully
Last Halloween, the Internet went viral with the story of a preschool boy who wanted to dress as Daphne for Halloween. His mother supported the plan, but the child—given the ghostly pseudonym Boo—... Read More
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
Violence and Celebration in Revolutionary Times
Last week, amid the slowing of protests and the celebratory atmosphere in Egypt following the departure of former President Hosni Mubarak, a debate emerged over the honoring of police officers alleged... Read More
Destructive Nature of the Muslim “Radicalization” Hearings
It is a nightmare for an entire religious tradition to be put on the stand as a collective for the actions of an extreme few. It is worse still when the extreme few are such a miniscule fraction of th... 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
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
Inter-Religious Dialogue as a Method of Peace-Building in Israel and Palestine
Inter-religious Dialogue is understood as a method of peace-building—bringing people together to learn to live in peace — which is different than peace-making, whereby politicians and diplom... Read More