I’m Done Being Welcoming: Raising the Bar for Interfaith Engagement
Welcoming others is a fantastic first step, but is really just a first step; we need to move past welcoming into a place where people truly belong.
Stronger Religious Accommodation Requirements Are Here — Are You Ready?
A NEW RULING ON RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE For decades, religious rights in the workplace boiled down to this legal jargon: Individuals are entitled to a religious accommodation for their…
I Can’t Walk in Your Shoes, But I Can Feel the Same Soil Beneath Our Feet
Clint Smith, the author of Above Ground, How the Word is Passed, and the in-progress Just Beneath the Soil spoke with depth, poetry, and prose about the experience of visiting…
Our Place in Desperate Times: 8 Months Later
Is there hope in desperate times? At the beginning of this pandemic, I wanted to highlight the particular importance of Tri-Faith Initiative’s work in times that feel desperate. When I…
Our Approach to Desperate Times: Step Three, Communities in Community
We are individuals and communities in community. To improve our relationships and understanding of one another, we need to seek the balance between recognizing our similarities and our differences. We…
Our Approach to Desperate Times: Step Two, Dismantle Stereotypes
Do you ever make assumptions about people? (Let’s be honest, we all do.) To answer desperation with hope, peace, and unity during the COVID-19 pandemic, we must each reduce our…
Our Approach to Desperate Times: Step One, Nurture Human Wellbeing
We each have a responsibility to hope for the best and to prepare for the worst. At Tri-Faith we’re building a future where we each find meaningful relationships with people…
Religious Accommodations: Unanswered Questions in Patterson v. Walgreen Co.
Issues in Question: Do organizations need to provide a complete accommodation for a religious accommodation to be reasonable? In other words, if my religion requires no work on Saturdays, is…
OPINION: Supreme Court Case on Funding for Religious Schools
A deeply important case was heard by the United States Supreme Court on January 22nd: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. This case will likely make a sizable impact on…
The Longest Night
The longest night of the year - the winter solstice. For millennia, humans have been conscious of the way that the earth interacts with the sun, making seasons and days,…
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