As an Episcopal school chaplain I had the privilege of encountering many Muslim students, both in the classroom and as participants in school chapels. I will never forget the day […]

As we learn about the violence in San Bernardino, our first response is to go down on our knees and pray for those who have been killed or wounded. We […]

We are all painfully aware of the terrorist attack last week in Paris and Friday in Mali. It now seems clear that the Russia Metroflight plane over the Sinai was […]

“A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more.” – Jeremiah […]

Across our nation, we again try to come to terms with an act of senseless violence. What we know is that a twenty-one year old white man took a gun […]

There will be few who have not been deeply shocked by recent events in the Middle East. The whole region has been riven with conflict and thousands of nationals and […]

“WHAT WE NEED IS NOT JUST DIPLOMATS. WE NEED PSYCHOLOGISTS AND THEOLOGIANS.” – YOSSI HALEVI In May, when I was with a group studying the conflict in Israel and Palestine, […]

Healing is the primary work of people of faith and the communities of which they are a part. Christians, as disciples of One who came to save (rescue, heal, make […]

Pouring water into a common bowl to symbolize our yearning for unity, the Rev. Eleanor Ellsworth, ecumenical and interreligious officer of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, and her counterpart […]

Last week I was privileged to attend ninth grade chapel at The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California. There I heard a member of the Class of 2017, Ms. Ilana […]