Christian Nationalism – Roots in History

This is the third in a series of articles to reflect on Christian Nationalism. For more on this topic, you can read my book, Go and Do Likewise: Following Jesus into Our Common Humanity. If you’re Christian: Take some time to think about your own faith tradition. How does it invite you to respect, build relationships,…

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Potluck in San Antonio

Last night, 100 people from diverse traditions and cultures gathered to share food and meaningful conversations. PTU partnered with local leaders from the Interfaith San Antonio Alliance to host the event at Grace Lutheran Church, just a short distance from the Riverwalk. As you may know, PTU and Seattle University have developed a toolkit to…

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LGT Coordinator Joins PTU Team

We have some big news! As you all know, we launched our new Let’s Go Together program this year. We teamed up with almost 20 local groups in Skagit County to bring together neighbors across lines of faith, culture, ethnicity, and socio-economic situation. Now our local leadership team is ready to invite their community members…

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Hope Springs Eternal

Viveka Hall-Holt is the 2022/23 Treacy & Levine Fellow at PTU Hope springs eternal. This has not always been my experience.   Growing up, I knew that the world had problems, but I was also confident that the grown-ups knew what they were doing and had a plan. Climate change was maiming our earth and wars…

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Connecting Us to One Another

I was honored to be on a panel at an antisemitism conference at Kol Ami Center for Jewish Life in Kirkland, WA. I first met Rabbi Kinberg when she spoke out against anti-Muslim bigotry and the Muslim ban in 2017. I so appreciate all she does to rehumanize people to each other in these divisive…

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