Podcast: What do Cats Have to do with Interfaith Work?
What We Speak Out Against/For
Reflections on Pulpit Freedom Sunday, Alabama Immigration, and the Christian Faith.... Read More
Sermon #1: Jerry Falwell and the Cure for Sectarianism
The following was adapted from a sermon delivered at the United Church of Christ Alabama-Tennessee Association’s Fall Meeting at Howard Community Church in Nashville, TN. Based (loosely) on 1 Co... Read More
Life Is Still Freakin’ Awesome, Y’all
I was just looking at this website of people who are the 99% of the American people, the ones hurting because of the wanton ways of the 1%. I am part of that 99%. I could make a list of my grievances,... Read More
A Way Forward through European Mosque Politics by Omar Kassab
We had learned English for quite a while already before our teacher pointed out the crucial differences between British English and American English. That was when “centre” became “center,” an... Read More
Unbelievers and Process Theology
As a general unbeliever in God, spirits, immortality, and the human soul, there is much I disagree with in process theology. What I can agree with in process theology is what they deny. I agree wi... Read More
Torah Games? Bringing Torah to Life Through Game Design
For many Jews, the Torah seems inaccessible. It is distant historically, culturally and linguistically. The Biblical figures seem far removed and unapproachable and the scenes and vignettes do not see... Read More
Living in Israel, Longing for Peace
Out among the scraggly brush of the desert, the Sulha began at dusk and went late into the evening. We gathered together: Jewish and Arab Israelis, Palestinians, our small contingent of American Jews,... Read More
U.S. Actor Rainn Wilson talks about persecution of Bahá’í Students in Iran
The following is a link to a beautiful and moving video in which U.S. actor Rainn Wilson, himself a member of the Baha’i Faith, talks about the persecution of Baha’i students in Iran and t... Read More
A War Against Knowledge
This Article was first published as A War Against Knowledge on Blogcritics. Writing in The Huffington Post, Nobel Laureates Desmond Tutu and Jose Ramos-Horta note: Freedom of education and freedom of ... Read More