Easter

Hospitality transcending language and faith: Celebrating the Easter Feast at Abbaye Sainte Marie de la Résurrection, Abu Ghosh, Israel

Posted on October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 by Kyle Desrosiers

This essay originally appeared in Stained Glass Travel in April 2022. It is shared with permission. I have had the privilege of spending the two Easters I have lived in Israel at the French Bened... Read More

God Is Trans: Discovering the Divine Feminine

Posted on March 21, 2016March 20, 2016 by Abigail Clauhs

It was my first year of college. Easter. Even though I hadn’t been to church since starting at Boston University–glad to be rid of the Southern Bible Belt I had left behind–I still felt ... Read More

Religion Whiplash

Posted on April 1, 2015March 31, 2015 by Christi Mallasch

Sometimes, I worry that going to seminary has killed the Christian in me. Take, for example, the experience of Holy Week. As a child, I remember most Easter weeks as a rush of excitement. After all, o... Read More

Holy Day Solidarity

Posted on February 24, 2015February 23, 2015 by Abigail Clauhs

I wasn’t sure I wanted to do anything for Lent. It’s a little bit of an awkward season for Unitarian Universalists, anyway. As I said to my partner, “For Christians, it’s all: ok, let’s be s... Read More

Beware Standby Mode

Posted on April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 by Elise Alexander

Earlier this month, State of Formation and the Journal of Inter-Religious Studies graciously offered me the chance to join them in a tour of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum followed by a discussion o... Read More

New Beginnings: Fear and Hope

Posted on April 22, 2011April 21, 2011 by Brad Bannon

This post (the first of two) reflects on the fears and hopes that mark new beginnings. What is there to fear for a Christian on Easter morning? What is there to fear for a parent of a newborn child? W... Read More