Tag: work
The Immigration Office
The Ufficio di Immigrazione of Rome is in a remote location, so remote that it feels like a final test of the long journey of immigrants to Italy. One has to make their way to Termini, Rome’s centra... Read More
The Night Watch – Psalm 121 and the Practice of Sleep
Over my son, Azriel’s, crib is a richly decorated, laminated legal-size sheet of cardstock on which is printed the Hebrew text of Psalm 121. Before it occupied its current post, it hung over my wife... Read More
A Religious ‘None’ in the Middle East
When asked what I plan to do with a Master of Theological Studies – a question I encounter frequently as a recent graduate in a field many are unfamiliar with – my well-rehearsed, though honest, r... Read More
Work and Witness: The Role of Faith Communities in Working-Class America
Rob is a twenty-six year old white male who lives in Massachusetts. After graduating from vocational high school, he hoped to build a career in manufacturing technology and carpentry. But as soon as h... Read More
Learning and Re-Learning to Keep Sabbath
There is something inherently difficult for human beings in finding time for rest and renewal. There’s just something in our nature that causes us to never be completely content and that makes it ... Read More
How Do You #Keep the Sabbath?
–“The Pharisees said, This man is not from #God, because He does not keep the #Sabbath” -#John 9:16 It was a Sunday morning in April when a man named Tagg uploaded a picture of his... Read More
I Know I’ve Been Changed
Article first published as I Know I’ve Been Changed on Blogcritics. In 1987, a black man named William Roberts was concerned about the state of black men in America. Headlines at the time raised... Read More