Listen to this BlogCast Listen to our Blogcasts on Soundcloud Daryn Holdsworth, MDiv studied piano, viola, trombone, and bass guitar in his elementary school years. Thinking that music was not going to play a role in his professional life, Daryn earned his B.A. in Psychology at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. Following college, Daryn bought [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Listen to our Blogcasts on Soundcloud The Reverend Stephen Avino is a deacon within the Community of Saint George, a jurisdiction within the Liberal Catholic Church - Young Rite. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies and received a Master's Degree in Religious Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. He works [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Listen to our Blogcasts on Soundcloud As CWS’s executive vice president, Maurice Bloem assists and advises the president in the daily management of the organization, while specializing in managing strategy, research, monitoring and evaluation, and incubation. He is also the agency’s main representative to the United Nations. Bloem is the former [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Listen to our Blogcasts on Spotify Sebrina Somers' career as an environmental health scientist led her to China, and China led her to writing. While researching the built environments of ethnic minorities in Yunnan Province, she began blogging about the rich history and diversity of that region. It wasn't until she [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Janice Tufte, Muslim, was born and raised in Seattle and has lived in various regions of the United states before settling back in Seattle. Janice has resided in areas of poverty and areas of great wealth. Always seeking ways to catalyze and enact positive differences she has developed multiple community-based projects [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Michael Reid Trice is Founder of Religica, the Spehar-Halligan Associate Professor for Constructive Theology, and serves as the Director of the Center for Religious Wisdom & World Affairs at the School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University. Michael spends his time at home today … because we’re in a pandemic! [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Michael Ramos' career has been at the intersection of ecumenism and interfaith relations and the promotion of social justice. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. He recently received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Seattle University. He is married to Donna, with two [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Rabbi Kate Speizer loves to make Jewish living and learning accessible for individuals through community and connection. Jewish values are the anchor within the work she pursues as a teacher, parent, partner, and friend. Upon ordination at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2008, Rabbi Speizer served as Campus [...] Read More
Listen to this BlogCast Amanda Gorman performs 'The Hill We Climb' Read this BlogCast Amanda Gorman, the Poet Laureate for the January 20, 2021 US Presidential Inauguration, enacted her poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,” with images that encourage a country to hold a mirror up close to the face of our collective well-being. This is [...] Read More
This blog was originally published in November 2020. It's November 11th on Veterans Day in the U.S. and the usual “Thank you for your service” messages of love come to me via text and tags on social media. It happens every year, and every year I don’t know what to say. During most interactions, both [...] Read More