Fellow interfaith author and activist Susan Katz Miller recently reflected on her interfaith cross-country tour with her book, Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Family. She writes, “I feel like we are just at the beginning of a great, national conversation on religious flexibility …
A friend recently asked us where we’re headed to next. We replied “Jackson, Mississippi,” and he said, “Oh! Like the Johnny Cash song!” (This was a Cash anthem I hadn’t yet heard of.) Turns out that Johnny Cash and June Carter did record a Jackson …
Last week, Rachel Held Evans’ posted “Ask an Interfaith Couple (Christian-Hindu)” on her blog as a part of her “Ask a” series. Fred and I were honored to be the guests of this post—which drew 96 comments and/or questions! (Thank you all for contributing!) Rachel …
According to Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of ‘Til Faith Do Us Part, 42 percent of us are married to a partner of another denomination, faith tradition, or someone who practices no faith at all. From Mormon to Methodist, Jewish to Jehovah’s Witness, Buddhist to Lutheran, our …
Chapel Hill, NC — The Olin T. Binkley Memorial Baptist Church launched its Christian Formation programmatic year on September 9th, which includes a variety of ministries and educational opportunities. Interfaith Encounters Class Among this semester’s Church School (Sunday School) offerings is Interfaith Encounters, a course designed …
Monkey Poo The Saffron Cross manuscript is due to Upper Room Books in one month. This means that the next 31 days will be consumed with reviewing, revising, rewriting, and polishing 54,000 words. It’s like scooping monkey poo with a whisk. Writing a book is not …