Several years ago, I began creating a Bible-based, interfaith Sunday school curriculum for Jubilee! Community, a progressive Christian church in Asheville, NC. …
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Multifaith Mashup: Circumambulation
Metaphorically-speaking, going around in circles is viewed as less than desirable in the worlds I inhabit. It denotes a lack of progress. A waste of time. An …
Shakin’ my Lulav for Sukkot
Sukkot, the roughly week-long Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Booths, is coming to a close. Unlike Yom Kippur, which is a solemn holiday that …
Lessons from My First Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah begins this evening at sundown. Commonly known as the Jewish New Year, it’s a two-day holiday that commemorates God’s creation of the world. Last …
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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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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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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Multifaith Mashup: Lammas, Lughnasad, and First Fruits Across Faith Traditions
Welcome to fall! One thing I’ve learned through my interfaith work is that the seasons are not nearly as well-delineated as my teachers implied during grade …
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Vision Quests: More Interfaith than You Might Think
On Monday, I dropped my daughter off for another week of Growing Goddess camp. The moms joke that it's just a bunch of naked girls in the woods, but the truth …
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Taking in the Wild Goose
Crap. A festival. I’m not a festival kind of gal. In fact, my teenaged daughter counts this as a major parenting defect. I have taken her to Indonesia, Peru, …