I had an awesome interfaith weekend! On Friday evening, I attended a Twelve Tribes shabbat at a local farm that grows the food for our weekly CSA baskets. On …
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Let’s Start with Compassion
In case you haven’t heard, tomorrow is the first day of the 2014 Compassion Games!! The point of the Games is to help communities become kinder, gentler places …
Multifaith Monday 9/8/14
I'm a little late with my Multifaith Monday post this week. I drove to Atlanta yesterday afternoon for their kick-off of the Compassion Games. I ended up …
Ganesha Chaturthi: Something for Everyone!
In case you didn’t know, we are in the midst of Ganesha Chaturthi! It’s a 10-day Hindu holiday honoring Ganesha, one of the most recognizable deities in the …
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Multifaith Monday 9/1/14
Start your week off right by catching up on last week's faith-related news! Follow the links below to a few of my favorite articles from media outlets around …
Multifaith Mashup: Haircutting Rituals in Various Traditions
My son got his back-to-school haircut over the weekend. A couple of haircuts ago, his barber gave him a pocket knife, of all things, as a rite of passage gift. …
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Multifaith Monday 8/25/14
Start your week off right by catching up on last week's faith-related news! Follow the links below to interesting articles from media outlets around the …
Book Review: Being Both by Susan Katz Miller
Here at Jubilee! Community Church in Asheville, we use a Bible-based interfaith Sunday school curriculum that I’ve been developing over the last several years. …
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America Founded by Puritans? Well…It’s Messy
It seems that I spend several hours each week undoing my elementary school education. Please don’t tell all the grade school teachers that I’m friends with on …
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Multifaith Mashup: Moses, Miriam, and Raksha Bandhan
What do these couples have in common – Shirley MacLaine/Warren Beatty, Zeus/Hera, Richard/Karen Carpenter? They’re all famous (at least in some circles) …
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