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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
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
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
Political Debate and Caricature
This post argues that when we reduce the religious/philosophical/theological/political/etc. views of others to caricature, we not only harm them, but we also harm ourselves and undermine our own posit... Read More
My Radical Valentine
It has been many weeks between posts for me, but this is not for a lack of topics. So much has taken place just in the few weeks we have called 2011, many such events life-changing for millions of peo... 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