by Rob Sellers | May 26, 2020 | Opinion
Superheroes sometimes congregate in my house. I realized this a few years ago when our grandsons would visit. The 8-year-old would run around protecting us from danger in his Captain America costume, mask and shield. I would kiss the 5-year-old goodnight when he...
by Veena Howard | Apr 29, 2020 | Opinion
Mohandas K. Gandhi’s famous quip “I am a Hindu, I am a Muslim, I am a Jew, I am a Christian…” mystifies those who perceive each religious tradition as confined within its exclusive dogmatic walls. However, Gandhi’s amity toward other religions did not arise from a...
by John T. Pawlikowski | Apr 28, 2020 | Opinion
I have been involved in Christian-Jewish relations for some 50 years. In the last decade, I have also entered the world of Christian-Jewish-Muslim relations and even to the wider interreligious dialogue as a board member of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. It...
by IMES Staff | Apr 27, 2020 | Opinion
The world is currently experiencing an unprecedented period of social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But religious distancing has long been practiced among us. Both individuals and communities of faith suffer from the tendency to respond to fear and...
by Trisha Miller Manarin | Apr 24, 2020 | Opinion
Our family experienced a holiday like no other on Christmas Day 2015. It was an unusually warm Dec. 25 in metro D.C. We shared the holiday dinner with our Catholic neighbors two doors down from our townhouse. My mother and my neighbor Caroline’s mother were both with...
