The (Scandalous) Benefits of Keeping Poor People Poor
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten At the recent 60th anniversary commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, U.S. Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of NY explained the purpose of […]
Religious freedom takes practice, not just legislation
by Sofi Hersher Andorsky This article was originally published by Baptist News Global here. A few years ago, I met a woman who, upon seeing my Jewish star necklace, hastened to […]
Your Faith Belongs in Public Schools
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Senate Bill 763 uses our tax dollars to reinforce dangerous White Christian Nationalist ideology. The consequences to students on matters of moral dispute such as contraception, […]
This Land Is Whose Land?
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Every country is unique. And each may even make its own claim to being exceptional. But challenges we face in America are mirrored in challenges we […]
From Faith Commons on Juneteenth: Two different understandings of freedom—Which one fits your faith?
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is taking credit for the portrait of Opal Lee that now hangs on the Texas Senate chamber walls. Simultaneously, he and other leaders in the Texas […]
Rev. Dr. George Mason talks with Dr. Moody on TheMeetingHouse podcast
TheMeetingHouse is a media initiative hosted by Dr Dwight A Moody to promote conversation on religion and American life.
Do As I Say, Not As I Do?
by Rabbi Nancy Kasten In his press release following the Texas State Senate’s passage of bills requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom and allowing school […]
Join Faith Commons for a Sacred Pilgrimage in the Holy Land (October 2023)
This fall you are invited to join George and Nancy for an Interfaith tour of the places and events that shape our historic religious attachment to the Holy Land. We […]
Thinking and praying about gun violence
The direction of healing is toward one another by Rabbi Nancy Kasten Governor Greg Abbott makes it clear he will never reduce access to guns. Even after recent high-profile brutal […]
[Podcasts]: On Redemption & Renewal
Interviews with Rabbi Elana Zelony, Dr. Curtis W. Freeman, and Imam Omar Suleiman On the Good God podcast, we just wrapped a three-part series on redemption and renewal—an idea inspired by […]