What does it mean to godparent in the 21st century? All of us need people, sometimes from beyond our immediate family,
to name and nurture the good, the true, the beautiful in us. We need community willing to name what is holy in our lives.
Tag Archives: Interfaith
How do you keep your heart open?
You and I will probably never live to see a permanent peace between Muslim, Jew, and Christian. We might not live to see peace among our siblings. But we can catch glimpses of the world as it could be. We simply need to practice keeping our hearts open.
Surely God is in this Place: Jacob’s Ladder and Unlikely Spiritual Geography
As Jacob, that trickster, discovered, sometimes the best adventures occur when we venture into unmarked terrain.
How do Christians approach other faiths?
Encountering the magi, these mystical figures from the East, I ask. How do you approach those of other faith? Do you hope to prove them wrong? Do you come with fear? Or do you come, like the magi approached the baby Jesus? Can you encounter another faith with a sense of adventure?
Mike Angell 