Peter JB Carman is pastor of Emmanuel Friedens Church, A Federated Church: American Baptist and United Church of Christ, in Schenectady, New York. As Emmanuel Frieden Church’s About page explains: “Denominational labels seem to be fading, but it is important to note…
The Seesaw: Answering All of Your Questions About Interfaith Life “is a new kind of advice column in which a broad range of columnists will address the real life issues faced by interfaith and families.” … Amanda Tobier of The Jewish Daily…
Winston Davis’ “Religion, Briefly Considered” series: Part 1: Darwin’s Dog, or the Evolution of Religion … Part 2: When You Wish upon a Star: The Projection Theory of Religion … Part 3: Carving the Buddha: Was Feuerbach Right?. Part 5: Religious Magic …
Acharya Pema Chödrön is principal teacher for Gampo Abbey, a Western Buddhist Monastery in the Shambhala Tradition, located in Nova Scotia, Canada, which was founded by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1984. This excerpt is from Awakening Loving-Kindness…
Winston Davis’ “Religion, Briefly Considered” series: Part 1: Darwin’s Dog, or the Evolution of Religion … Part 2: When You Wish upon a Star: The Projection Theory of Religion … Part 4: Dojo: Rethinking Projection Theory … Part 5: Religious Magic … Part…
We have shared before from Craig Barnett’s blog, Transition Quaker . Here are excerpts from his 31 December 2014 post. We recommend that visitors read the entire blog post here. Craig is a Quaker living in Sheffield (UK), and currently serving as an elder of…
I have had the privilege of teaching First Day (Sunday) School these past four months. I have certainly learned much, as a teacher, about Quaker history and Quaker curriculum. For example, in what other group would the curriculum start off with the statement “To talk about…
On December 6th we published an excerpt from Craig Barnett’s post, “A common tongue,” on his own blog, Transition Quaker . There were several thoughtful comments which might help us to carry the conversation further. Cap Kaylor wrote, in part: I…
Philip Seldek describes himself as an anthropologist, linguist, scientist, researcher, communicator, music lover, conversationalist, sportsman, visitor and resident in many countries, speaker of many languages, worker in development, who can only say that most of the time…
With A Garden Grows: Quakerism in Nazi Germany , her new book of translations from the German, Mary Mills has given us a challenging glimpse into the heart of courageous, faith-driven action during exceedingly dangerous times. The context for these writings is the…
