A Christian’s Response to Anti-Islamic Extremism

Hey Everyone, I wrote an Op-ed about the attack on the Dayton Mosque last week, following the distribution of the film Obsession
See it Here

In Closing…

This is a condensed version of my final write-up for the Fellows Alliance. See full version  on my new blog here:
http://worldfaith.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/in-closing/
Reflecting on the past year as a part of IFYC Fellows Alliance is a difficult undertaking.  Though the intent initially was likely based on trainings and campus work, I feel like the best parts of [...]

5-5-08

So ive been really slacking on these blogs and i truly appologize to those of you who are actually interested in my life. Ive been rather busy lately trying to figure out my life with school and work.  I recently had a pretty exciting event with just a handful of people regarding the ASK BIG [...]

Is there a limit to freedom of religion?

I know this isn’t exactly the purpose of the blog, but I’m interested to hear whether you guys have been thinking about/talking about the recent raids on the FLDS compound in El Dorado, Texas.  We talked in one of my community health classes today about how to figure out where the line is between respecting [...]

Can’t Wait for the Meeting!

Hey, I just wanted to briefly write how excited I am to see everyone! I can’t wait to hear what people have been up to, both in the IF world and in general.  See you soon!Josh 

Despite our differences, we’re really quite similiar.

A few weeks ago, the Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium and the British Embassy hosted a panel discussion about Perceptions of Islam in the West. I was invited to be the student representative who provided a personal account of the quote “Muslim American experience.” Funny enough, what I realized was that the experience of [...]

How can we attract new participants?

Despite the many wonderful things that the Multifaith Council at Amherst has accomplished, we’re facing a major problem: many of the most active members are graduating. Looking back on it, I think that we focused so much of our time and energy on programming and making multifaith work a part of campus life that we didn’t [...]

I said yes to camp.

This past summer my best friend begged me to join her as a counselor at our old camp, to commit to nine weeks away, cutting the short time I spend at home each year in half. I had a lot of reservations, but I said yes.
I hadn’t been there since I was a kid. [...]

The Most Unexpectedly Wonderful MLK Multifaith Service

Everything was going wrong. Our keynote speaker had cancelled on us for health reasons, and an equally solid backup had missed his flight to Amherst. All was lost- at least it initially seemed. But Reverend Leon Burrows, a Religious Advisor to the College and leader of the Bi-Semester African-American (style) Worship Service stepped up and [...]

dig deeper- wash post

A family friend from DC forwarded this article to me from the Washington Post: Interfaith Movement in America Digs Deeper Efforts Shifting to Intimate Dialogue, Service Projects

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Religion and Law

     I read this article on BBC today…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7232661.stm
and it reminded me of one of the most interesting questions I have about how the government can encourage a pluralistic and free society. How do we treat the legal status of religious practice, and the legal institutions of religion?
Here in the U.S., the Supreme Court granted certain [...]

Responding to Extremism

I opened my inbox this morning and saw a link to an op-ed in my school’s daily paper attacking our interfaith program in general, and particularly one of our coordinators as well as a woman we brought to campus to speak last semester. The article accused these Muslim women, both of whom are dedicated [...]

Wanted to pass this on as we move to Tuesday

I usually make it a point to never post here (hey, it’s your space!) but I wanted to let you know about the following.  Would you please pass it on?  Thanks!Well, we come to the last last days of the giving challenge on Facebook, and are looking at Tuesday as a day we have the [...]

“Is Martin Luther King Related to Me?”

While I never actually asked that question, out loud, there is a striking resemblence between my Father and Dr. King.
As a little girl I often thought that they were brothers, or related, or something. I mean, how can two men share the same smile, facial structure and NOT be related?! And when I finally found [...]

Martin Luther King Day and my First Interfaith Services

When I was a kid, my mom used to drag me to interfaith services every Martin Luther King Day. We crammed into pews in a local African American Baptist church, and I fidgeted as my rabbi preached from the pulpit. He was always amazing at adapting his style of speech to allow for [...]

Interfaith Homily

I just had probably the most incredible church experience I have ever had. The priest at Trinity is actually pretty good when it comes to giving sermons, so I’ve been lucky, but I have never heard anything as moving and powerful as