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“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24 NKJV)
I believe God still intervenes in human affairs by means of signs and wonders. However, I openly confess my own disappointment in modern-day prophets. In my college days, I journeyed with some ... Read More
Breaking Bread
The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek by Peter Paul Rubens (1626-1630) One of the most meaningful gestures I have ever witnessed happened on a scenic overlook of the Old City of Jerusalem. Our Israel... Read More
“Go Down, Moses…and this time let Aaron do all the talking.”
Artwork by Aron de Chaves, Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, Creechurch Lane, London, England Of all my high school classes, speech terrified me the most. In my youth, I had a speech i... Read More
Getting Beyond the Tent of Abraham, Part 1: Welcoming Marginalized Religions
Despite an ever-widening door to the growing tent of interreligious engagement, there remains work to do. Interreligious studies in the academy as well as the interfaith movement in the wider communit... Read More
“They’re Not Really Christians”: Acknowledging Oppression and Violence in our Traditions for the Sake of Interreligious Understanding
Interreligious dialogue often entails an implicit (sometimes explicit) attempt to categorize the religious other for the sake of comparison, conversation, and ease. For instance, in labeling a dialogu... Read More
The Work Starts with the Stars
When I was twelve, my mother gave me my first copy of my natal chart and a large book on the origins and uses of astrology. The chart was colorful, with the different planetary symbols inked in a spec... Read More
What Does It Mean to be (Inter)Religiously Literate?
There is little debate over whether religious literacy should be a core competency in higher education programs and courses in the emerging interdisciplinary field of interreligious and interfaith st... Read More
Learning from Refugees
How many of us have liked a Facebook post, signed a Change.org petition, or sent a pre-generated letter to our elected officials advocating for refugees coming to America, especially Syrian refugees? ... Read More