Tag: community
Teaching for Tolerance
I have been an educator for quite some time. My work usually focuses on youth education, specifically with high school aged students. Through the work that I do, I’ve had the great fortune to tr... Read More
Pokeakh Ivrim: Opening Our Minds to New Forms of Inclusion
This post originally appeared on Ritualwell. Typically when we think of access in general and in Jewish community specifically, we first default to thinking about physical access—is the bimah acce... Read More
Finding a New Freedom in Academia
One of the central ideas of my family while I was growing up was the idea that we should never make fun of anything Christian or something that reflects Christianity. As ancient Michael W. Smith and S... Read More
Racial Justice Organizing: Religion of the “Nones”?
I circled the block, looking for a downtown parking spot on a busy weeknight. Everyone else was hurrying home from work, but I was heading out to attend a meeting of the Portland, Oregon chapter of S... Read More
Doing, Living, Being Interfaith – the Parliament of World’s Religions
Last Week the Sixth Parliament of World’s Religions met in Salt Lake City, Utah. 10,000 people. 80 countries. 5 intense days of interfaith learning and love. It would be overwhelming for anybody... Read More
My experiences at an ISNA convention
Over Labor Day weekend, I had the chance to hear from and meet with an amazing group of people—a group of people who are striving for peace, education, and equality, people looking out for communiti... Read More
The 2015 Parliament of The World’s Religions: The Tower of Babel in Reverse
The story of the Tower of Babel has always confused me. In it, humans are punished for working collaboratively together. But what kind of god causes confusion and separation, rather than illumination ... Read More
Interreligious and Interethic Dialogue in Clinical Pastoral Education
I am committed to building relationships with those from different religious and ethical traditions because we are all neighbors (close and distant) endeavoring to live the best lives we can live. I ... Read More