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Are We a Racist Country? Some Thoughts on Trayvon Martin and Bigotry in America
My first semester of college I signed up for a Sociology class, wherein the professor, a middle-aged white woman, viewed her students as a guaranteed audience for her political opinions. I didn̵... Read More
What Can Be Done about the Gospel of John?
I’ve been struggling with the Gospel of John for quite a while. It’s a Gospel filled with beauty and poetry – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He w... Read More
The Rise of the Theological Left: A Response to Tony Jones
A new study from Public Religion Research Institute has been getting a decent amount of press lately, mostly for its contention that theological progressives in the U.S. are on pace to outnumber th... Read More
The Yoga of Ecology: The Green Wheeling Initiative
My hands in the soil eco-theology transcending my nature-deficit-disorder Farm Yatra summer tour continues as I return to a place I called home for two very formative years in my life: the New Vrindab... Read More
On the Imperative to Understand Other Faiths Post 9/11
Growing up in a small town in upstate New York, my community mainly consisted of people like me: Caucasian, Christian, and middle class. Throughout most of my childhood, I existed in a comfortable bub... Read More
The Yoga of Ecology: More From Bluestone Farm
One of the most amazing things that I heard about at our student orientation at Union Theological Seminary last fall was the existence of the “nun farm.” Claire West, a Masters of Divinity... Read More
Seeds of Compassion: The Bodhi Tree, Ramadan, and Survival of the Kindest.
Earlier this month, while many people around the world were celebrating the birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the man whose immeasurable compassion has touched the world, a few were planting bo... Read More
Leading with the heart: an interfaith experience
There is so much at stake. Anyone looking around at the world knows that, and anyone who wishes for a peaceful, healthy, just world knows, too, that the changes will have to be immense. Revolutionary.... Read More
Am I Trayvon? Zimmerman? Both?
Originally Published on The Huffington Post As I strolled outside my Manhattan apartment this morning, reflecting on the Trayvon Martin decision, I had one of those moments that would shatter any poss... Read More