I’m thinking today about saints. Today, December 12, marks exactly one week since the death of Nelson Mandela, a man many have called a modern-day saint. It …
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Multifaith Mashup: Being Child-Like
It seems I talk about my kids constantly during the holidays. My husband and I used to talk about them, more or less constantly, when they were babies. And we …
My Recent Taizé Experience
I spend a fair amount of time finding ways to connect with the sacred. It could be a Folk Shabbat service at a synagogue on Friday evening, a pagan ceremony …
Our Interfaith Advent
Last Sunday was the first Sunday of Advent for many Christian churches around the world. Since our curriculum is interfaith, our Advent season is, too. Our …
Multifaith Mashup: Unlikely Friends
I had an interesting Facebook exchange this week. My growing-up neighbor posted a meme that said, “You never forget the neighborhood kids you grew up with.” I …
Here Come the Holidays! Time to Fast?
For most Americans, the major holiday season of the year falls between Thanksgiving and Christmas, despite retailers who begin pushing high-level consumerism …
What I Learned Last Night from Billy Graham
A fundamentalist, evangelical, or born-again Christian, I am not. Some people would tell you I’m not a Christian at all. But I do live in Asheville, NC, less …
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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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(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 …