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April 2015

April 16, 2015

Taking The Plunge

So, you’ve decided that you can afford the risks of being openly Pagan and you...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

This is Real Interfaith

We're allowed to disagree, we're allowed to be curious, we're allowed to have opinions, and...

March 20, 2015

Twixt the Darkness and the Light

For thousands of years we have marked the turning of the seasons, the progression...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

Interfaith is a Two-way Street

I choose to act as a member of Women of Faith because I know that...

February 20, 2015

To Those Who Say Interfaith is a Waste of Time

When I hear many people talk about “interfaith” work it seems that their understanding of...

January 2015

January 16, 2015

Out of the Dark

"Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole,...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

The Spirit of the Season

Midwinter celebrations have been a part of human life for thousands of years, well back...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

Hometown Pilgrimage – 2014

Every year the Interfaith Mission Service (IMS) here in Huntsville sponsors a Hometown Pilgrimage with...

October 2014

October 26, 2014

Talking Our Way to Understanding

I was pleased because at last it seemed we were really acknowledging our differences rather...

October 17, 2014

Hatred is the Poison of the Soul

“Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.” By Jill Jackson...

October 12, 2014

People Like Me

We know we all believe in the same god. I sighed as a couple of...

August 2014

August 15, 2014

A 2000-Year Journey in Interfaith

I have just returned from my annual vacation in Pennsylvania where my husband and I...

July 2014

July 06, 2014

Sensitivity How-To’s

Demonstrating appropriate sensitivity for cultures different from our own is arguably the topic which creates...

May 2014

May 16, 2014

A Call to Activism

I believe that we are called, as Neimoller said, to remember that we cannot afford...

April 2014

April 01, 2014

Speaking for Others: Part Two

Is it possible to respectfully speak for others when they aren't around to speak up...

March 2014

March 14, 2014

Speaking for Others: Part One

Is it possible to respectfully speak for others when they aren't around to speak up...

March 04, 2014

Religious Shop Talk

Social media is such a wondrous tool. I graduated from an Evangelical Lutheran high school,...

February 2014

February 20, 2014

Who Are We Kidding?

All right, I admit it. I am off on a bit of a rant this...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

The Problem with Proselytization

I wrote some time back about how it is imperative for me to be courteous...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

What to say when they come to your door

In the end, I treated these Jehovah's Witnesses like I'd treat anyone: with compassion and...

October 02, 2013

The “Faith” aspect of Interfaith

The “Faith” aspect of Interfaith At a recent interfaith board meeting, we were discussing the...

August 2013

August 07, 2013

Iftar

This was Southern hospitality at its best. Or, at least, this is what Southern hospitality...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Who’s TRULY Being Compassionate?

Who’s TRULY being compassionate? As a pagan, I am sometimes surprised when I hear a...

July 03, 2013

Journeys: A Monthly Interfaith Breakfast

As a pagan representative of the board, I was delighted when the facilitator of “Interfaith...