Most mornings I wake up early with a spring in my step, and head to our local Gurdwara (Sikh Temple) with my son Harvi. When we arrive we start by washing our hands and taking our places six feet apart…
As a hospital chaplain I begin every morning in the neonatal ICU. There are the most precious newborns, many less than 2 pounds born prematurely struggling for life. Their bodies are breathtakingly small and one tries to…
It is an odd season for religious ritual. We can’t gather in person, we’re having to combine traditional practices with 21st century technology, and we’re scrambling to make meaning from the present moment in the context of our ancient stories.…
I have lived most of my life in small town Virginia and have taken public transportation only a handful of times in my life, and almost certainly never alone. After living in DC these past few months, I soon learned…
I have the great privilege of spending a month every summer on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness area in Northern Minnesota. We have a simple family cabin located on National Forest Service land that is “off-the-grid” with…
The violence, The hatred There’s no easy way to say this You see me as a stranger You see me as a danger Lock our doors Close our borders Defend a false sense of order Build a wall, bombs, and…
I take the Red Line coming back home and I get off at Union Station. I am just one of the many of thousands who get off at that stop. You always interact, or at least pass by a variety…
The DC Shambhala Center (DCSC) recently hosted From Crisis to Community, an event to inform and educate participants about the challenges faced by political asylum seekers in the Washington Metropolitan Area. A local nonprofit organization, the Asylum Seeker Assistance Project (ASAP) presented their approach to helping…
I am a theologian, A Martin Luther running from the shadows of shame, constantly calling on God’s name asking, “When will I sin no more?” Chasing the gift of God’s grace and leaning not on my own understanding not even…
How can an interfaith gathering enrich one’s faith tradition and practice? While I’m committed to the merits of interfaith dialogue and work as a volunteer at the Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington, it wasn’t until I attended an interfaith potluck…