Category: Social Issues
The Discipline of Reconciliation: Part 1 of 5
Calling and Identity My identity as an activist brought me to this moment, facing off against Boston Police officers in front of the Federal Reserve Building overlooking Dewey Square. Excited a... Read More
The Cross and Courage
As an emerging leader in a religious context, I have often been faced with one specific question: how does one make sense of justice and construct values and goals that engage the greater society in l... Read More
BILI Program Reflections
The below was written for the 2017-2018 cohort of the Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI), in which Ann-Marie was a fellow. For more information about the program, please see the BILI ... Read More
Moses’ Three-Step Model of Social Action
Selective attention, the process of reacting to certain stimuli to the exclusion of others, is a common human experience. As we move about in the world, we focus on certain elements of our environment... Read More
What is Proselytism to Interfaith?
Recently, a couple tried to convert me to their religion—not an uncommon experience as a secular humanist. Proselytism is a topic I have spent a lot of time meditating on, as it’s one of the harde... Read More
Turning Hope into Action
Sometimes I’m not sure if I’m an optimist or a pessimist. Almost daily I am disappointed in humanity. I also am witness to acts of love and empathy that give me faith in humanity on a daily basis.... 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
Feminine Divinity//Divine Femininity
At a time when a feminist world seems very far away, I think about the ways in which my womanhood has strengthened and created me, how it has very literally birthed me into this universe, and how it i... Read More