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 […]
2024 Spring Holidays Memo

Originally sent from the Office of the Chaplain at SMU
2023 Person of the Year: Nancy Kasten

This article was originally published on Preston Hollow People. You can access the original article here. by Maria Lawson Rabbi Nancy Kasten, chief relationship officer at Faith Commons, works to develop relationships […]
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.
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 […]
[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 […]
Roe Was Middle Ground

Recent column on abortion inspires readers This excerpt was originally published in The Dallas Morning News. You can access the full article here. Roe was middle ground Re: “Going to extremes on […]
Basic civil rights are under attack in the courts, Perryman warns

This article was originally published on Baptist News Global. You can access the original article here. by Jeff Brumley The U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022 […]
Government or religion? We need them both.

by Rabbi Nancy Kasten “Let the churches do it,” they say. “It’s not the job of the government to take care of people who can’t take care of themselves. That’s […]