Tag: Religion
The Interfaith Triangle
One of my greatest joys in working with Eboo Patel is watching him think. He is the sharpest wit in most of the rooms he enters, and if you manage to catch him with a surprising or unusual question af... Read More
To Till and to Tend
What was humanity's original purpose in the Garden of Eden and what can we learn from this as we approach the Jewish High Holy Days?... Read More
What Every Muslim Does When Visiting Barnes and Noble by Tricia Pethic
On a recent visit to Barnes & Noble I did what every Muslim does when they pay a visit. I rearranged the bookshelf. Well, the shelf on Islam to be exact. OK, it was more like the half a shelf we ... Read More
The World to Come
Shabbat is not only the way we as Jews sustain ourselves, it is how anyone dissatisfied with the world as it is visions and creates the world as they imagine it should be. In the fallout from the trag... Read More
Building a Sikh Paradigm for Interfaith Work: Part 2
"...I prefer to think about how Sikhs can contribute to, and renew a paradigm for, thinking about interfaith work. At the same time, we should also rethink our Abrahamic commitments, and move towards ... Read More
A Concluding Unscientific Postscript to the Chic-Fil-A Controversy: An Observation
The Chic-Fil-A controversy made us painfully aware of our differences that reflect both religious and political commitments. In the following weeks, a lone gunman attempted to enter the offices of FRC... Read More
Courage Over Apathy: A Response to Jonathan Merritt
Recent comments by Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy reaffirming the company’s support of ‘traditional’ marriage and its anti-LGTBQ political activities have been met with an uprising of med... Read More
Rabbi (or) Da-da
The Shabbat before last was undoubtedly the best day my daughter Tina and I have spent together since I started my first job as a rabbi a few weeks ago. Saturday morning we took a walk together—Ti... Read More