In the Christian tradition we have now entered the season of Advent, the time of waiting with great expectation for the coming of Jesus Christ into the world. 2 Peter 3:8-15a puts it this way: "...in accordance with [God's] promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where...
(7) Comments | Posted October 1, 2011 | 4:53 PM
Three events in the Greater Charlottesville, Virginia area:
#1 About two years ago. Setting: majority White United Methodist Church.
I sit in the hallway outside of the sanctuary during worship, breastfeeding my nine-month old daughter, who happens to be 1/2 White, 1/2 Black, 1/2 Boricua. (I must...
(3) Comments | Posted July 28, 2011 | 10:04 AM
Your Majesty, The Sultan Qaboos bin Said,
As a participant in the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme (CIP) Summer School, I thank you and the other generous donors for making this program possible. You have done so without fanfare, but I feel it is important for the whole world to know that Oman...
(2) Comments | Posted July 20, 2011 | 10:16 AM
This is my first trip to Europe. I've had the chance to rent a bike and tour around the beautiful English countryside that surrounds Madingly, a small town (there is only a few homes, a pub, town hall and a church) right outside of Cambridge, England.
One day when...
(60) Comments | Posted May 17, 2011 | 1:03 PM
A version of this post was originally published on the State of Formation.
"Are you a good Muslim or a bad Muslim?" asked a Christian parishioner to a visiting Muslim who was interested in learning more about Christianity. Although the parishioner tried to pass off this question as...
(35) Comments | Posted April 2, 2011 | 8:00 PM
In a post this week, Taylor Burton-Edwards, Director of Worship Resources of the General Board of Discipleship -- a national organization of the United Methodist Church charged with helping local churches by "equipping world changing disciples" -- asked what "missional Methodists" should do in the face of our...
(78) Comments | Posted March 3, 2011 | 12:00 AM
This post was originally published on the State of Formation.
In an earlier post for State of Formation, I offered a reflection on the types of inter-religious encounters that, although often well intentioned, tend to be reductive and ultimately unhelpful in the development of inter-religious dialogue....
(15) Comments | Posted December 9, 2011 | 5:10 PM