Blog Archive
We are transferring to a new BlogCast format at Religica. Below you can still find our Blogs as we make updates to a searchable Blog Archive system.
CEIE Podcast: What We All Need to Know About Systems that Will Surprise You with Dr. Greg Magnan
CEIE Director and Spehar-Halligan Professor Dr. Michael Trice spoke with Seattle University Professor…
CEIE Podcast: The Community We Need with Brother Emile: Lessons from COVID-19: Lessons from COVID-19
In a podcast with CEIE Director, Dr. Michael Reid Trice, Brother Emile, of…
CEIE Podcast: What We All Need to Know About Systems that Will Surprise You
CEIE Director and Spehar-Halligan Professor Dr. Michael Trice spoke with Seattle University Professor…
Podcast: Melting the Ice in Our Hearts & Understanding our Inner Depth
In this interview, Angaangaq ‘Uncle’ Angakkorsuaq speaks to Dr. Michael Trice about his…
Blog: Reflecting on Leadership
Leadership is a tightrope to walk at this time in history. As a…
Blog: To See and Be the Light of Yuletide
I know I’m not alone in this: the 2020 Holiday season is unlike…
Blog: Showing Up, Title or Not: Leadership from the Middle
For a long time, I didn’t consider myself a “leader with a capital…
Blog: Sharing Gratitude
From the Religica Community: Sharing Gratitude The holiday season is upon us. Traditionally,…
Blog: Understanding the Value of Spiritual Isolation
When we say we are spiritually isolated, different meanings emerge such as being…
Blog: Art & Armistice: A Veteran Lamentation
This blog was originally published in November 2020. It’s November 11th on Veterans…
Earning the Hope we Seek
Do you hear a protracted public sigh after this U.S. presidential election? When…
As One Voice We Lead
Music inspires and transcends boundaries and Barry Manilow, through the song ‘One Voice,’…
Women and Interfaith Leadership
Precious little history of the interfaith movement is available, save for several books…
Reigniting Hope
Almost ten months into 2020, it’s a daily challenge to not be consumed…
Enlightened Leadership in an Authoritarian World
In August of 1963, in Zimbabwe, as I held tightly onto my mother’s…
The Sacred Gift of Home
Six months into this pandemic, without an end in sight, the idea of…
You’re Wrong, Franklin Graham: God Was at DNC
Franklin Graham, a popular evangelical leader and Republican political activist gave his thumbs…
19th Amendment
This past Tuesday, June 18th, 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification…
Blog: Deep Abiding Love
Note: This blog was originally posted on August 7, 2020. Reposted August 13,…
Sacred Time
When we contemplate the “sacred,” we envision our personal idea of Creator, or…
Online Games: Creating a Space to Foster Community
With COVID-19 becoming a consistent aspect of life in these last few months,…
The Mystery Remains Intact
In December 2019, BBC Reel released a film – Diving into a Medieval…
Liturgy as a Greater-than-Sensical Response to Covid-19
We are not in control. We cannot make sense of this. We need…
Blog: Shrines to Brutality: The Relationship Between Sacred and Violence
What is a sacred site, and what is the relationship between such spaces…
Sacred Communities
Humankind is always searching for meaning in life and during this current world…
Youth as Sacred
As ministers, we are experiencing a great challenge in trying to figure out…
Spreading Love Over Fear
Our world is in an unstable state. Across the globe, our spiritual, emotional,…
The Stigma of Racism on Blacks
During a recent course in my graduate program of study, I was given…
Called from Purpose to Presence: A Reflection on Ministry and Meaning in a Pandemic
I am a planner and a producer and project-oriented person. No one else…
The Sacrality of the Ordinary
I belong to a tiny, dying mainline church. It is dying even as…
Who’s to Blame for COVID-19?
Who’s to blame for the spread of the coronavirus? 5-G? Animals? Tourists? China?…
Spirituality in the Age of Coronavirus
Each day I attempt to understand more deeply the spiritual challenges found in…
Practicing Compassion: A Student’s Reflection on What it Means to Care for Students During COVID-19
The last thing the world needs right now is another article on…
Grief Will Not Be Cancelled
On this past March 23rd, Scott Berinato interviewed the foremost expert on grief,…
Dance as an Attitude Toward Life and Death
The opportunities to face our mortality are seemingly infinite. In an age when…
A Picture of Mercy: Hospice Care During COVID-19
The only reason that it’s scary getting old Is people treat you like…
Creating Sacred Space: Clerical Duties in the Time of Social Distancing
The recent outbreak of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has a powerful impact on…
Following their Lead: Youth in Action
In the world of interfaith, I’m considered “young”. At the age of 28,…
What is Enough?
What is “enough”? Is there ever “enough”? Can there be? I’ve been thinking…
Envisioning Bold Solutions for Ending War
This piece is a revised version of “Envisioning bold solutions for ending war”…
When the Drosera Blooms – A Call to Living the Change
Elders of many First Nations still maintain their lineage of understanding the ebbs…
EDITOR’S CHOICE
There was a lot of great content that Religica highlighted in 2019. The…
The Violence of Silence in American Catholic Churches
As a Catholic, I think two of the seven themes in Catholic Social…
Looking around today, it’s hard to imagine any ‘Stranger Things’
Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale is a dystopian portrayal of a not-so-future America that has…
Forgiveness in a Shared Identity
Standing underneath a tree in 1994, Yobe state, Nigeria, I watched as Christians…
Of Fire and Water
The Episcopal Lectionary for this week resounds in syncopated side-step with emergency events.…
How do we live together?
We sat nervously around the table. Having never met before, we started by…
How Much Do Black Lives Really Matter?
To what extent do Black lives truly matter? What is the value of…
Wild Souls: Why Humans and Wilderness Need Each Other
Wilderness is not just out there, like a remote mountain range. It is…
Measuring Success
I am an Episcopalian living in the spiritual-but-not-religious stronghold of the Pacific Northwest.…
Theopoetics of Trauma: Bearing witness to what remains
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you” –…
Ecosystem vs. Society
We humans, as a species, have come far from our ancient predecessors. From…
A Theology of Trauma
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer;…
Games for the Soul: Gratitude and Compassion in Video Games
There are games for the body, games for the mind, but what about…
“Acceptance is All We Need”
Acceptance. This simple word has shaped how I live my life and how…
Sharing the World’s Faith Traditions with Kids
Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.…
Teaching Children to Cope in Angry Times
“Be angry, but don’t sin. Let not the sun go down upon your…
Now More Than Ever…Three Feet of Peace
Now more than ever, the only way to create true peace in this…
Brighter than the Noonday Sun
As we begin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings (I was…
Trump Administration Revealing More Clearly Philosophical Intent on Foreign Policy
By John Breslin, Special to Religica It is impossible to view a major…
They Were Never Strangers to Us
Immigrant parents. The refugee friend. The asylum-seeking loved one. The undocumented mentor. I…
A Fight for Structural Reforms Rooted in a Christian Progressive Tradition: The 2020 Presidential Race
I do not recall politics and political engagement ever being discussed when I…
What it Means to Live for the Future
In my work, I’m asked to think about the future a lot –…
True Encounters with the “Other”
A few months ago, I heard someone tell me this, “You call yourself…
Decolonizing Art
Audre Lorde once said: “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.”…
Living and healing in faith communities
One of the significant benefits of belonging to a faith community is knowing…
All Are Welcome: Study Reveals Religious still Falling Short in Welcoming Children with Special Needs
By John Breslin, Special to Religica In a seminal handbook detailing how best…
The Violent Past is the Violent Present
As an American Spiritual Humanist and daughter of a school shooter, I have…
Next Generation Visualization
Delivered by Shantha Ready Alonso at the 2019 American Climate Leadership Summit. The…
Religica at Five Months – Generosity Underneath It All
If I know two tasks that are essential in life, these are the…
We Have to Act on a Changing Climate – Now
When I consider the vast, devastating implications that accompany a changing climate, I…
Making a Place for the ‘Nones’ Around the Multi-Faith and Belief Table
In my work as a university faculty member, I am often approached by…
My Writing Journey through Grief, Love, and Light
How does one describe herself to the world at large from a spiritual…
After Christchurch: Creating Sacred and Safe Spaces
On March 15th, 2019 a shooter used the Facebook social media platform to…
What is Creation Speaking to Your Soul this Earth Day?
What is Creation Speaking to your Soul? It is about more than picking…
The Beauty and Power of Hospitality
While many of us are all too familiar with the image of the…
We Are One
One week after the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that…
Interfaith Work Advances Women’s Dignity on a Global Scale
March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day –…
Beyond Identity Politics
The Nigerian general elections took place on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The two…
January 9, 2021/Holly Barker
December 19, 2020/Siren Hand
December 14, 2020/Aleenah Ansari
November 21, 2020/Hilary Canto
December 5, 2020/The Religica Community Response
November 14, 2020/Trish Brownlee
November 9, 2020/Michael Reid Trice
September 11, 2020/Debrah Friedland-van Zijl & Andre van Zijl
July 25, 2020/Garrett Kuroiwa
July 18, 2020/Michael Reid Trice
July 11, 2020/Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer
July 3, 2020/Trish Brownlee
June 26, 2020/ Paul R Gockel
June 19, 2020/Elianna Lucas
June 13, 2020/ Cindy Brightbill
June 4, 2020/Paskazia Nakitende
June 3, 2020/ Rt. Rev. Dr. Donalson
May 28, 2020/Rev. Julie Hutson
Called from Purpose to Presence: A Reflection on Ministry and Meaning in a Pandemic
May 21, 2020/Tobias A. Kroll
May 14, 2020/Rabbi Anson Laytner
May 8, 2020/Gerald Grudzen
May 1, 2020/Kelly Curtis
Practicing Compassion: A Student’s Reflection on What it Means to Care for Students During COVID-19
April 27, 2020/Rose Murphy
An Invitation
April 20, 2020/Michael Reid Trice
Grief Will Not be Cancelled
April 13, 2020/Kenzie Grubitz Simpson
Dance as an Attitude Toward Life and Death
March 30, 2020/Daryn Holdsworth
A Picture of Mercy: Hospice Care During COVID-19
March 23, 2020/Rev. Shelley Bryan Wee
Love is Not Cancelled
March 16, 2020/Lawrence Lerner
Creating Sacred Space: Clerical Duties in the Time of Social Distancing
March 9, 2020/Tahil Sharma
Following their Lead: Youth in Action
February 24, 2020/Sam Allen
Taoism – Let it Be
February 10, 2020/Megan Anderson
What is Enough?
January 27, 2020/Alice Holstein, Ed.D
Envisioning Bold Solutions for Ending War
January 13, 2020/Philippa Rowland
When the Drosera Blooms – A Call to Living the Change
December 9, 2019 /Cleopatre Thelus
The Violence of Silence in American Catholic Churches
December 2, 2019 /Robert Sellers
Looking around today, it’s hard to imagine any “Stranger Things”
November 25, 2019 / Bullus Gago, PhD
Forgiveness in a Shared Identity
November 18, 2019 /James W. Perkinson, PhD
Of Fire and Water
November 11, 2019 /Sarah Oliver
How do we live together?
October 28, 2019 / Shaina Williams
How Much Do Black Lives Really Matter?
October 14, 2019 /Jenna Schroeter
Wild Souls: Why Humans and Wilderness Need Each Other
October 7, 2019 /Linzi Stahlecker
Measuring Success
September 30, 2019 /Luke Edwards
Theopoetics of Trauma: Bearing witness to what remains
September, 23, 2019 / Jose Rios
Ecosystem vs. Society
September 16, 2019 /Justin Almeida
A Theology of Trauma
September 9, 2019 /Wanda Gregory
Games for the Soul: Gratitude and Compassion in Video Games
August, 27, 2019 /Tina Starr
“Acceptance is All We Need”
August, 20, 2019 /Rev. Vicki Garlock, PhD
Sharing the World’s Faith Traditions with Kids
August, 13, 2019 /P. K. McCary
Teaching Children to Cope in Angry Times
August, 6, 2019 /Deborah Greene
Now More Than Ever…Three Feet of Peace
July, 23, 2019 /Tahil Sharma
They Were Never Strangers to Us
July, 16, 2019 /Rediet Negede Lewi
A Fight for Structural Reforms Rooted in a Christian Progressive Tradition: The 2020 Presidential Race
July 9, 2019 /Megan Anderson
What it Means to Live for the Future
July, 2, 2019 /Michael Peterson, OSB
True Encounters with the “Other”
June 25, 2019 /Vy Vu
Decolonizing Art
June, 18, 2019 /Libby Byrne, PhD
Living and healing in faith communities
June 11, 2019 /Carrah Quigley
The Violent Past is the Violent Present
June, 4, 2019 /Shantha Ready Alonso
Next Generation Visualization
May 14, 2019 /Langston Nailen
We Have to Act on a Changing Climate – Now
May 7, 2019 /Elizabeth Sink
Making a Place for the ‘Nones’ Around the Multi-Faith and Belief Table
April 30, 2019 /Holly C. Barker
My Writing Journey through Grief, Love, and Light
April 23, 2019 /Lawrence Lerner
After Christchurch: Creating Sacred and Safe Spaces
April 16, 2019 /Kristen Daley Mosier
What is Creation Speaking to Your Soul
this Earth Day?
April 9, 2019 /Paola Bernardini, PhD
The Beauty and Power of Hospitality
April 2, 2019 /Aleenah Ansari
Am I a bad Muslim?
March 26, 2019 /Robert P. Sellers, PhD
Of Cakes and Garbage Heaps
March 19, 2019 /Rev. William D. Gibson, DMin
Who Are You?
March 12, 2019 /Elizabeth Ursic
Interfaith Work Advances Women’s Dignity on a Global Scale
March 5, 2019 /Wemimo B. Jaiyesimi
Beyond Identity Politics
Feb 28, 2019 /Jonathan Rosenblum
What does it take for people to move past fear into action?
Feb 19, 2019 /Joseph Lee
In the Name of Love
Feb 12, 2019 /Rhea Panela
Walk Without a Destination
Feb 5, 2019 /Todd Green
Rethinking Our Response to Islamophobia
Jan 29, 2019 / Liz Lin, PhD
Progressive Asian American Christians: On Beginnings and Belongings
Jan 22, 2019 / Rev. Michael Denton
Through the Fence
Jan 15, 2019 / Denise Hearn, MBA
Economic Justice as the Basis for Belonging
Jan 8, 2019 / Kristen Daley Mosier, MDiv
Baptized into Tahlequah’s Tears
Jan 1, 2019 / Michael Reid Trice, PhD
Religica – A New Beginning