Why I Say Allahu Akbar
This evening, as I left an Amman café after sharing a croissant with an old friend, I was greeted simultaneously by the echoes of the…
read moreThis evening, as I left an Amman café after sharing a croissant with an old friend, I was greeted simultaneously by the echoes of the…
read moreThe headlines at the top of the NYTimes.com website today were all about Washington. I noticed one story buried on the page about Syria, and…
read moreWho doesn’t like a good burger? Well — that depends on who you ask and in this case, what the toppings are. A Chicago restaurant…
read moreI don’t usually share memes. I have nothing against memes. I just don’t want to be that person: the one who shares nearly every meme;…
read moreEarlier this summer, immigration agents raided the weekly Bible study that Omar, a New Orleans day laborer, and his family regularly attended. Along with four…
read moreOne day in my all-girls high school religion class, the conversation turned, as it often did, to abortion. Someone ventured that to carry an unwanted…
read moreThere’s just not that much good news in the world today. It seems that every time you turn on the TV or listen to the…
read moreWhen are you most aware of people in need? Is it during Thanksgiving, when you are giving thanks for what you have, and being reminded…
read moreI don’t know about you, but just writing the word “anxiety” makes me anxious. It’s sort of like a virus. You see someone sneezing, try…
read moreThe Christian narrative is, to borrow the cliché, a matter of life and death. I do not mean this in a Bible-thumping, accept-Jesus’-death-to-save-your-soul-and-find-life sense. Rather,…
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