Brambles, lilies and berries of interfaith
Come take a walk with me through the garden. It’s a little wild. There are brambles down by the creek, weeds between the stones of the walkway, some things I don’t remember planting, but they look very...
View ArticleJourneys: A Monthly Interfaith Breakfast
As a pagan representative of the board, I was delighted when the facilitator of “Interfaith Journeys” asked if I would speak on my life journey of being a pagan in the Bible belt. I started my talk...
View ArticleWe Don’t Have a Golden Rule…and yet…
Years ago, when I was in a Cooperation Circle of the United Religions Initiative, there was an interfaith-y poster of how religions across the spectrum of spirituality had their own version of The...
View ArticleWhy Interfaith? Why Now??
In view of the connection between religious differences and a history of warfare in the name of religion, the creation of an interfaith community is vital to the survival of our planet.
View ArticleThe Spirit of the Season
Midwinter celebrations have been a part of human life for thousands of years, well back into pre-history. The ability to hold multiple meanings for our seasonal celebrations is not a finite thing where...
View ArticleHere’s One We All Share
Dua, hail and welcome, light and life and understanding. May we tonight make use of the nurturing dark to listen for wisdom, to plan for the year ahead, to ponder the mysteries of forgiveness and...
View ArticleMaking Peace in 2015
What difference does interfaith involvement really make? Those of us who have been involved in the movement for LGBT rights for several decades well know the power of relationships in dissolving...
View ArticleInterfaith is a Two-way Street
I choose to act as a member of Women of Faith because I know that the same thing that my Muslim neighbors are experiencing now could happen to any of us. There could be a brick through my window as...
View ArticleBlood Feud
Blood feud. Bloodlust. Blood revenge. My friend Emad says that Americans will never understand conflict in the Middle East without grasping this basic concept.
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