Suprapto and his wife Kartini were Javanese Christians who moved into a neighborhood in Jakarta where all of the other… Of Cakes and Garbage Heaps

As an ordained pastor in The United Methodist Church, I am today a pastor without a pulpit. I serve in… Who Are You?

I certainly wasn’t the only person thinking about this question during the recent federal government partial shutdown. More than 400,000… What does it take for people to move past fear into action?

What is love? According to emotions researcher Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, love is a very human feeling. An emotion. It is… In the Name of Love

How many times have you woken up in the morning and felt excited to interact with people, whether they are… Walk Without a Destination

While efforts to counter Islamophobia have proliferated since 9/11, by most metrics, Islamophobia is getting worse. Anti-Muslim hate crimes in… Rethinking Our Response to Islamophobia

When people ask me what I do, I always run into a bit of trouble.  Some parts of my professional… PAAC: On Beginnings and Belonging

We could see each other through the fence. We could hear each other’s cheers, singing and shouted greetings. We were… Reflections from the Border

“All movements, however different in doctrine and aspiration, draw their early adherents from the same types of humanity; they all… Economic Justice as the Basis of Belonging

Recently, as I was looking through some old family files, I found my certificate of baptism given when I was… Baptized into Tahlequah’s Tears