Rituals can relay a powerful connection to cultural vestiges, ancestral memories, and convivial possibilities for living. Their qualities can have a way of preserving or salvaging what is important to know in order to sustain... Read More

I find that people have trouble understanding why some LGBTQ+ people exist the way they do. “The ones that don’t talk about it are fine, but some are just so obsessed with being gay/nonbinary/pan they... Read More

At the heart of humanism is a simple idea: help others. Those who take this message to heart work every day to realize a world where all people—regardless of their identity or background—can lift themselves... Read More

Each year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) publishes an annual report on the state of religious freedom around the world. USCIRF, statutorily-established by the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA), is... Read More

The Supreme Court of the United States had a busy term for 2021, managing to deliver some heavy blows in May and June to abortion access, religious rights, gun laws, and more. One opinion will... Read More

The Chautauqua Assembly was established in 1874 by two Methodists as a teaching camp for Sunday school teachers. Other Protestant denominations joined in (Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Baptist) and, in 1878, formed the Chautauqua Literary... Read More

The earliest memories of my childhood, growing up in Southwest Atlanta, Georgia (I was born in 1977), encompassed two institutions: my nuclear family and the Black Baptist Church. Belief in an all-mighty, powerful, and merciful... Read More