Tag: community
Mortality & the Intercultural Experience: Reflections on the Community of the Dying
Alphonso Lingis identifies the potential for genuine community (despite the radical difference that separates us) as being deeply intertwined with the experience of mortality. Inspired by Lingis's con... Read More
Nature vs. Culture?
This week in our year-long class on Exodus our discussion focused on Moshe’s identity struggle as played out by his early forays out into the broader world, being incensed by the injustice all aroun... Read More
As Iron Sharpens Iron, So Does One Religious Tradition (As Well As Atheism) Sharpen Another
If all truth is God's truth, we must be free to explore it.... Read More
Proceeding along the aporetic path
This post is inspired by / in response to a recent post by Honna Eichler. It explores questions of community and responsibility and the difficulty of discerning one's call.... Read More
Between Native Americans and Pilgrims
For a few years my wife, children, and I would hear about the jokes, laughter, and family news on the following day when we went to get our share of the leftover oxtails and pie. Happily, we haven't l... Read More
Face the Music: On Singing, Specks, and Sand
I am a musician by training. My undergraduate degree is in voice performance, and after finishing school I worked for several years as a choral conductor. In recent weeks, I’ve wondered what busines... Read More
Herring in a Barrel
In the urban Jewish neighborhoods of late 19th and early 20th century America (so I’m told), one thing you could always count on was that no matter the weather or time of year, standing outside ... Read More
Do You See Me? by Karri Whipple
Lazy Saturday afternoons are designed for one thing in my opinion: people watching. Having grown up in rural Michigan and attended college in even more rural Minnesota, living in an urban center where... Read More- 25 of 25
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