For Many Muslims, Family Border Protections Are Personal
“Islam is a faith of action. And we don’t want to be complicit in what we see as a crime.”
Faith Leaders Lament the Muslim Travel Ban
History will judge this ruling harshly.
Hate Crime or Not, We Belong to Each Other
It is not enough for us to remember the sacred humanity within each person — we must actively behave in a way that shows it.
‘I’m Not Full American, Because I’m Not White’
I will recommit myself to fighting against every effort, overt or covert, to make any precious child of God feel less American than any other.
The Terror of Bearing False Witness
While it’s not hard to find Muslims denouncing terrorism, it is difficult to drown out the voices meant to scare and misleads us otherwise.
Slit Throats and Strange Bedfellows
MAR 11, 2014 | BY: JOHN WATSON -- The Jews and Muslims in Britain are up in arms. And it’s not because of one another. They're...
Peace for the Little Town of Bethlehem
DEC 24, 2013 | BY: JIM HOOKER -- As Christmas nears and I hear all the traditional music, I think back to this past August when my wife...
Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Peace (Part 2)
OCT 9, 2013 | BY: BRIAN MCLAREN -- If we want to move beyond the vicious cycles of offense and revenge that dominate the status quo - and result...
Our Obsession With Violence & The Stories You’re Not Supposed to Hear
AUGUST 22, 2013 | BY: JON HUCKINS -- Upon my recent return from the Middle East, I was struck more than ever before at our Western...
Now on the Red Carpet: Sami Rasouli
AUGUST 5, 2013 | BY: MARGOT STARBUCK -- He’d been living in Minnesota when, in 2003, Sami Rasouli returned to his homeland of Iraq...