Category: Politics
Reality Check: You Can’t Sign the Gay Away
Authored by Christopher Belden The COVID-19 pandemic left humanity navigating life in fear, feeling depressed and isolated. Humanity grew universally hopeless as the pandemic dragged on for two years,... Read More
How to be an Interfaith Leader When You’re 19, Still Living with Your Parents, and the World is Ending
My introduction to the world of interfaith work was more of an accident than anything. On a whim, I decided to get involved with religious life during my first few weeks of college. I hadn’t ever he... Read More
My Emerging Unapologetic Activism
The January incident between students from Covington Catholic High School and Native American elder, Nathan Phillips, felt deeply personal when it first circulated the news and went viral on social me... Read More
The Discipline of Reconciliation: Part 2 of 5
The Spirit of Retaliation: The Troubles Abroad His was the sort of gaze that you could not forget, if you paused long enough to notice. Our task for the weekend was quite clear. Working with a group o... Read More
Speaking Out and Safety
Recently, I was invited to lead a workshop on using technology as a tool for interfaith dialogue and action at the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue’s 10th Anniversary Commemoration Co... Read More
Dear President Trump, I’d Like to Wash Your Feet
After participating in the State of Formation Fellowship retreat designed for young faith leaders to reflect upon and explore their faith, I had an amazing realization that compelled me to think deepl... Read More
Lessons from a Past Life
Faith is something I return to again and again during these times. While our reality becomes more strange and foreign, when I am unsure of how to engage with our crumbling world, I turn to faith and t... Read More
Monumental Attachments
Throughout my childhood, my sense of the Confederacy and the South was shaped in fragmented ways by two legendary generals, Lee and Bragg. They remain strangely present with me today as I continue to ... Read More