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One of the most powerful workshops I attended at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City explored the difficult decision women face about whether to stay and work for change within their religious traditions or to leave to find equality outside their religions. A panel of four women discussed the topic […]
Guest Blog, by Colette Casburn Numajiri Last weekend we church hopped all the way to San Francisco to Ebenezer/herchurch Lutheran. Jann had been telling me about herchurch (which they don’t capitalize) for years and she had recently collaborated with their church band, Devi Vaani, on a new holiday CD. Jann was going to their […]
At the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City, I experienced anew the power of sacred circles. For about six weeks before the Parliament began, I had the joy of joining a circle through telephone conversations as we connected and planned the Parliament workshop, “Deepening Conversation, Finding Common Ground: Circles with a Spiritual […]
The 2015 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City was an amazing and inspiring experience with people from a wide variety of religious and spiritual traditions joining together in our commitment to end hate, violence, injustice, and inequality. The Parliament theme “Reclaiming the Heart of Our Humanity: Working Together for a World of […]
“Christianity must follow the example of Jesus and treat women as equals in every ministry including ordination,” proclaims Bishop Bridget Mary Meehan in her homily at the ordination of the first woman in Utah to the Roman Catholic priesthood on October 18, 2015. I had the honor of participating in this ordination, one of the most moving […]