Behind and Before Us
I have spent a lot of time this last year reflecting on the past 6 years, and looking ahead to the next 3 or 4. As we are entering a new year, I thought I would share some of my reflections with you. The Past Six Years Over the last six years I have spoken to over...
Practically Symbolic
On Sunday I was with the people of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Snohomish. Like so many congregations, they are working to support refugees from Afghanistan. On the face of it this support consists of gathering money, food, and other basic needs for a family...
Science and Religion and the Vaccine
There was a battle for who owned truth brewing in the the 19th century. On one side, people said that the scientific method was the only possible way to truth. On the other side, people said that religion based in a revelation from God was the only possible way to...
Islam and Women’s Rights
In the first century, Jesus a welcomed a woman to sit at his feet. Typically the writers of the gospels do not focus on where people are in a room. So what’s going on here? Of course, this was a reference to Jesus accepting Mary as official disciple....
Who Represents Islam?
In a 2017, interfaith leaders gathered to meet with US Senator Patti Murray to talk about Anti-Muslim bigotry. The Senator asked what the main message of the anti-Muslim hate industry is. I answered, “Anti-Muslim hate groups claim that the Taliban represent the truth...
Anti-Muslim hate groups are working overtime to dehumanize our American Muslim neighbors.
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