Strangers are friends you haven’t met yet
Valarie Kaur joins Krys Boyd on KERA’s Think. Learning to respect one another is important, but what if we could take it a step further and actually learn to […]
Why a Muslim imam showed up at the Colleyville synagogue to offer spiritual help
My friend Omar Suleiman resisted the habit of fearful thinking engrained in so many of us. By Nancy Kasten in the Dallas Morning News. Originally preached as a sermon at […]
Religious groups stand together after Texas synagogue standoff
Imam Dr. Omar Suleiman appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to talk about his experience at Congregation Beth-Israel in Colleyville, TX during the hostage crisis on January 15, 2022. Watch the […]
Texas Rabbi: Despite False Media Narratives, Synagogue Attack Brought Jewish & Muslim Communities Together
From Democracy NOW! On Saturday, an armed British man named Malik Faisal Akram took a rabbi and three congregants hostage at a synagogue outside of Fort Worth, Texas, resulting in […]
Commentary: NEISD’s book review offers lesson in civility
By Cameron Vickrey, for San Antonio Express-News We all know there has been a lot of noise about school boards and school board meetings lately. My own district, North East […]
Abortion: I grew up a Texan evangelical Christian. I’m not a single-issue voter any more.
I grew up believing that voting as a Christian meant voting for the pro-life candidate. But that’s not nearly as clear cut for me as it once was. Andrea Lucado […]
Faith groups should not get to opt out of the law
By Nancy Kasten Heads up, Texans. There is an election on Nov. 2, and Proposition 3 will put worshippers in harm’s way. In April, 45 ultra-Orthodox men and boys were […]
Is there a crisis at the Southern border? Follow the numbers
By Andy Brookshire The official Twitter account of the Arizona Republican Party tweeted on Aug. 9, “The border is wide open, and our towns are being overrun by migrants.” U.S. […]
Words of Challenge from a White Pastor
By George Mason Speech to the Texas Legislative Black Caucus March 29, 2021 Introductory Words Many thanks for the invitation to speak to you. I imagine this is an […]
“Dying to Self”
The Pastoral Reflections Institute recently published a video conversation between Monseigneur Don Fischer and Reverend George Mason. The two clergy were both featured for many years on Sunday mornings on […]