If I am passionate about something, I am all in! I love cooking. My favorite purchases belong to the kitchen: appliances, food, cookbooks, and aprons. I will read recipes for the fun of it. I will walk the aisles of the grocery store just to relax (well, at least I used to). The kids regularly ...
When friends ask questions about your faith, how do you respond? How do you explain beliefs based on life-long study and practice? How do you tell them about religious ideas that have a history of scholarly interpretation? One way might be to narrow things and focus on a single aspect. By sharing your religious ideas with friends, you will not only be helping them, you will be strengthening your own understanding as well. A single aspect of Judaism is a special prayer that begins with the words “Sh’ma Yisrael” (“Hear Oh Israel…”). It is found in the Book of Deuteronomy ...
Kyiv, bracing for a potentially catastrophic Russian attack, is the spiritual heart of Ukraine. Among the sites at risk in the Ukrainian capital are the nation’s most sacred Orthodox shrines, dating back nearly 1,000 years to the dawn of Christianity in the region. The sites, along with ...
As I write today, of course I am thinking about which liturgical season or special religious day will be celebrated when this editorial is published. It will be the first weekend of Lent. We will have already celebrated Ash Wednesday, a very solemn day that marks the beginning of Lent. It is a ...
“That’s what it’s all about. It’s just being that safe space, whether it be in our personal lives, or at church or in our professional lives, wherever we are. Even, no matter what our personal beliefs, no matter our beliefs of the Scripture — to be a kind human and help someone who ...
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” These words will be shared by pastors around the globe this coming Wednesday as Christian brothers and sisters from many denominations begin the Lenten Season by receiving the imposition of ashes upon their foreheads. This will be ...
