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Tag: God

Ramadan - A lesson in Reconciling Relationships

Ramadan – A lesson in Reconciling Relationships

Posted on June 7, 2016June 6, 2016 by Amjad Saleem
For many Muslims worldwide, the 6th of June marks the first day of Ramadan, the observance of the fasting (from food, water and innate desires) between sunrise and sunset.  Muslims will faithfully ob... Read More
Religion and Resistance: The Holocaust and Today

Religion and Resistance: The Holocaust and Today

Posted on April 25, 2016April 24, 2016 by State of Formation
We are pleased to share the last of a series of three reflection pieces on the State of Formation visit to the United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum this March. Each one is a collaborative piece ... Read More
Blessed are [Male] You: Gendering God in Jewish Text

Blessed are [Male] You: Gendering God in Jewish Text

Posted on March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 by Emily Cohen
ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך הועלם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וציונו להדליק נר של שבת Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech haolam, asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav... Read More
God Is Trans: Discovering the Divine Feminine

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
Advent, AAR, and the Diversity in the Academy

Advent, AAR, and the Diversity in the Academy

Posted on December 10, 2015December 9, 2015 by Laura Brekke
Christians around the world are knee-deep in the season of Advent. Advent is about waiting. Advent is about anticipation. Advent is about the in-breaking of God into the world as the baby Jesus –... Read More
Finding a New Freedom in Academia

Finding a New Freedom in Academia

Posted on November 9, 2015November 8, 2015 by Micah Norman-Pace
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
Dangerous Division - Torah and Nature in Pirqei Avot

Dangerous Division – Torah and Nature in Pirqei Avot

Posted on October 23, 2015October 22, 2015 by Adam Zagoria-Moffet
There’s a famous mishna in the ethical tractate called Pirqei Avot (Chapters on Fundamentals), which says the following: Rabbi Ya’aqov said: One who is reviewing their Torah study while w... Read More
The 2015 Parliament of The World's Religions: The Tower of Babel in Reverse

The 2015 Parliament of The World’s Religions: The Tower of Babel in Reverse

Posted on October 21, 2015October 20, 2015 by Yaira Robinson
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
My Hidden Inheritance by Heidi Neumark

My Hidden Inheritance by Heidi Neumark

Posted on October 6, 2015October 5, 2015 by Guest Post
Adapted from Heidi’s book Hidden Inheritance: Family Secrets, Memory and Faith, published by Abingdon Press and available on Amazon. I’ve recently been on my own “Who Do You Think You Are?... Read More
One of These Jews Is Not Like the Others: A Progressive Jew at an Orthodox Yom Kippur

One of These Jews Is Not Like the Others: A Progressive Jew at an Orthodox Yom Kippur

Posted on September 17, 2015September 18, 2015 by Jenn Lindsay
It was raining at dusk. I decided not to ride my bike to the progressive Yom Kippur service on the Boston University campus. If I rode my bike, I would get too thirsty coming home and I wouldn’t ke... Read More
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