The Religica Blog explores ideas that shape our future. The impulses that shape our future come from people who share their values, stories, and insights. Each blog is seeking meaning over argument, and new discovery that helps all of us. Leave the argument and come discover something new. Submit a blog idea and contact us at megan@religica.org
January 2020
January 13, 2020/Philippa Rowland
When the Drosera Blooms – A Call to Living the Change
December 2019
EDITOR’S CHOICE/Shantha Ready Alonso
Next Generation Visualization
From the Editor: This is a crazy busy time of year and I wanted to share this blog that asked people to take a step back and participate in a spiritual practice.
EDITOR’S CHOICE /Tahil Sharma
They Were Never Strangers to Us
From the Editor: Imagine what it would be like to have a friend or family member absent this holiday because they were considered “strangers,” not welcome. “How am I making other people into strangers and what can I do to instead make these ‘strangers’ into friends?”
December 2, 2019 /Robert Sellers
Looking around today, it’s hard to imagine any “Stranger Things”
December 9, 2019 /Cleopatre Thelus
The Violence of Silence in American Catholic Churches
November 2019
November 25, 2019 / Bullus Gago, PhD
Forgiveness in a Shared Identity
November 11, 2019 /Sarah Oliver
How do we live together?
November 18, 2019 /James W. Perkinson, PhD
Of Fire and Water
October 2019
October 28, 2019 / Shaina Williams
How Much Do Black Lives Really Matter?
October 7, 2019 /Linzi Stahlecker
Measuring Success
October 14, 2019 /Jenna Schroeter
Wild Souls: Why Humans and Wilderness Need Each Other
September 2019
September, 23, 2019 / Jose Rios
Ecosystem vs. Society
September 30, 2019 /Luke Edwards
Theopoetics of Trauma: Bearing witness to what remains
September 9, 2019 /Wanda Gregory
Games for the Soul: Gratitude and Compassion in Video Games
September 16, 2019 /Justin Almeida
A Theology of Trauma
August 2019
August, 20, 2019 /Rev. Vicki Garlock, PhD
Sharing the World’s Faith Traditions with Kids
August, 27, 2019 /Tina Starr
“Acceptance is All We Need”
August, 6, 2019 /Deborah Greene
Now More Than Ever…Three Feet of Peace
August, 13, 2019 /P. K. McCary
Teaching Children to Cope in Angry Times
July 2019
July, 16, 2019 /Rediet Negede Lewi
A Fight for Structural Reforms Rooted in a Christian Progressive Tradition: The 2020 Presidential Race
July, 23, 2019 /Tahil Sharma
They Were Never Strangers to Us
July, 2, 2019 /Michael Peterson, OSB
True Encounters with the “Other”
July 9, 2019 /Megan Anderson
What it Means to Live for the Future
June 2019
June, 18, 2019 /Libby Byrne, PhD
Living and healing in faith communities
June 25, 2019 /Vy Vu
Decolonizing Art
June, 4, 2019 /Shantha Ready Alonso
Next Generation Visualization
June 11, 2019 /Carrah Quigley
The Violent Past is the Violent Present
May 2019
May 7, 2019 /Elizabeth Sink
Making a Place for the ‘Nones’ Around the Multi-Faith and Belief Table
May 14, 2019 /Langston Nailen
We Have to Act on a Changing Climate – Now
April 2019
April 30, 2019 /Holly C. Barker
My Writing Journey through Grief, Love, and Light
April 16, 2019 /Kristen Daley Mosier
What is Creation Speaking to Your Soul
this Earth Day?
April 23, 2019 /Lawrence Lerner
After Christchurch: Creating Sacred and Safe Spaces
April 2, 2019 /Aleenah Ansari
Am I a bad Muslim?
April 9, 2019 /Paola Bernardini, PhD
The Beauty and Power of Hospitality
March 2019
March 19, 2019 /Rev. William D. Gibson, DMin
Who Are You?
March 26, 2019 /Robert P. Sellers, PhD
Of Cakes and Garbage Heaps
March 5, 2019 /Wemimo B. Jaiyesimi
Beyond Identity Politics
March 12, 2019 /Elizabeth Ursic
Interfaith Work Advances Women’s Dignity on a Global Scale
February 2019
Feb 19, 2019 /Joseph Lee
In the Name of Love
Feb 28, 2019 /Jonathan Rosenblum
What does it take for people to move past fear into action?
Feb 5, 2019 /Todd Green
Rethinking Our Response to Islamophobia
Feb 12, 2019 /Rhea Panela
Walk Without a Destination
January 2019
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