One Year After Our Tour to Israel/Palestine Was Canceled
“What Makes This Land Holy?” That was the title of the Faith Commons tour to Israel/Palestine scheduled to begin on October 9, 2023. We had planned a dual narrative trip […]
The shocking things I witnessed at the Texas Board of Education
This original article was published at BaptistNews.org. by Mara Richards Bim, Faith Commons Program Director Recently I traveled to Austin, Texas, to testify against the new curriculum proposed by the Texas […]
Choosing a Faith of Vision not Division
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Where do people in our world today find the strength to cope and persevere in the face of dislocation, fear, and suffering? We can draw upon […]
What’s Freedom For?
by Rev. Dr. George Mason The Fourth of July is never behind us. It represents something abiding in our national consciousness. Freedom is the watchword of our collective spirit. We […]
A Faithful Response to a Democracy at Risk
by Mara Richards Bim When elementary school children in the U.S. study the founding of our country, they learn about the British Stamp Act of 1765 and the American colonists’ […]
Stoking Faith, Not Fear
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Every day the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) sends out an email titled, “Daily Campus Crisis Alert.” Crises include students walking out on Duke’s commencement speaker, a fraternity […]
Faith Commons Welcomes Mara Richards Bim as Program Director
Faith Commons is happy to announce that Mara Richards Bim is joining the interfaith nonprofit organization as Program Director effective June 1.
How to celebrate the National Day of Prayer without promoting Christian Nationalism
Did you know that North Texas produced more insurrectionists than almost anywhere else in the country? The area has also seen an alarming increase in extremist hate groups and has […]
Lessons from the Eclipse: Finding Light in the Blackout
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Last week people across North America put on special glasses, tipped their heads up, and watched the solar eclipse. The energy created in those few minutes acted […]
There’s A New World Coming: Let’s Make It a Better One
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten “It’s not the end of the world.” How many of us have said something like that to someone we love when trying to comfort them, or […]