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Liberating the New Year

January 12, 2018 No Comments

President Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, but it was not to take effect until January 1, 1863 — technically at midnight. At my home parish, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in South Dekalb County, Georgia, we hold a Watch Night Service on New Year’s Eve, during which we read again the Emancipation Proclamation and recall that

Martin Luther King, Jr. – Spiritual Activist

January 10, 2018 No Comments

“Hate cannot drive out hate: Only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. “Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate.” – Buddha (from the Dhammapada) With an iconic figure such as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose brief life shook this nation forever, people pick and choose what they want to see of his multi-faceted legacy. Currently we have the

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Is Still Possible

January 9, 2018 No Comments

On Christmas Day 2017, Pope Francis prayed for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, “that a negotiated solution can finally be reached, one that would allow the peaceful coexistence of two states within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders.” Essential to joining my prayer with Francis’ are the experiences my wife and I had living in the Middle East from 1982-85

Israeli-Palestinian Peace Is Still Possible

January 9, 2018 No Comments

On Christmas Day 2017, Pope Francis prayed for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, “that a negotiated solution can finally be reached, one that would allow the peaceful coexistence of two states within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders.” Essential to joining my prayer with Francis’ are the experiences my wife and I had living in the Middle East from 1982-85

Ending Torture from Guantanamo to U.S. Prisons

January 9, 2018 No Comments

Orange jumpsuits have become the iconic symbol of a national disgrace and ongoing injustice: the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. These suits will be prominently displayed at demonstrations this January 11th, as activists in Washington, D.C. and in several communities around the country mark the 16th anniversary of the George W. Bush administration’s opening of the detention center in 2002.

Keeping the Faith: Interfaith voices on the TODAY Show

December 28, 2017 No Comments

On Christmas morning of 2017, FOR National Council Co-Chair Sahar Alsahlani spoke on NBC’s Today Show with host Megyn Kelly about the meaning of faith in a time of rapid political, social, and religious conflict and uncertainty. She was joined by and three other multi-faith leaders: Rev. Jacqui Lewis of Middle Collegiate Church in New York City, Rabbi Melissa Buyer-Witman