Today is al-Hijra – New Year’s Day according to the Islamic calendar. The Islamic calendar began in 622 CE, so happy 1435! As an interfaith educator, I’m always …
Why Our Sunday School Celebrates Diwali
Our Sunday School program finds a way to celebrate the holidays of most major religions. Sometimes, we celebrate them along with the rest of the world. …
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Why I Love My Pagan Temple
In a sentence…I love my pagan temple because it’s loving, open-hearted, and as full of wonderful ritual as any church I’ve ever attended. This week, I attended …
(Un)Happy Halloween?
Halloween is clearly suffering from an identity crisis. Everyone, it seems, has the correct answer about the holiday’s origins and how it should be observed in …
Holy Cricket, Batman!
We’re currently talking about the ten plagues in our Sunday School classes, so when I heard a news story using the words “pope” and “cricket” in the same …