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
Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee has served as Pastor at Jocko Valley Lutheran Church in Arlee, Montana, Zion Lutheran Church in Spokane, Washington, Emmanuel Lutheran Church and Eastern Washington University Campus Ministry in Cheney, Washington. She served as Assistant to the Bishop in the Northwest Washington Synod prior to her being elected to bishop of the [...] Read More
Dr. Nancy Snow is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma. She was co-Director of The Self, Motivation & Virtue Project, a $2.6 million research initiative on the moral self, and is currently the Principal Investigator of The Self, Virtue, and Public Life [...] Read More
Recently, Religica Theolab Founder Michael Reid Trice spoke with Pastor Bryon Hansen of the Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle. Ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in 1986, Pastor Hansen has served congregations in Idaho, Oregon, and Northern California. His passions in ministry are liturgy, preaching, and faith formation for children, youth, and [...] 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
I know I’m not alone in this: the 2020 Holiday season is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. I would say it’s because of being away from family, but as a nine-year Army veteran, I’ve often been away from friends and family during Yule and their holidays—so, that’s not quite unusual. After the Army, I […]
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From the Religica Community: Sharing Gratitude The holiday season is upon us. Traditionally, this is a time full of family and friends, a time full of joy, gratitude, and love. These aspects of the holidays are not gone. There still is much to be thankful for and ways to experience the season’s cheer, but for […]
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When we say we are spiritually isolated, different meanings emerge such as being unable to worship and pray together, or not having a spiritual relationship with the sacred presence, or fearing death, or ritual isolation. There are two books I have found helpful in understanding this: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying and The […]
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