Sep 16, 2016
“These types of gatherings help keep me from being discouraged.” These were the words one pastor shared towards the end of our luncheon. I resonated with his sentiment. Though we at Religions for Peace USA are calling these meetings to help better support local...
Sep 16, 2016
Phyllis Schlafly passed away last week. There are some people on the left side of the political spectrum – many of them people I respect and agree with – for whom this news was met with a sort of ghoulish adulation. Why? Because for many it is all to easy to reduce...
Aug 4, 2016
The importance of religious institutions to the social fabric of the U.S. relegates an equally high importance to the training and networking of religious leaders. Throughout the history of Religions for Peace USA our work has consistently focused on the convening and...
Aug 4, 2016
My very first job in the communications field was as an editorial intern for a newspaper in my hometown of Philadelphia. My main task, standard in any newsroom, was to fact check the stories the paper was running that week. Primarily this involved calling the subjects...
Aug 4, 2016
Religions for Peace USA began its work in Knoxville in January of this year by calling together a group of local faith and community leaders, representing many religious traditions, for dinner and discussion. This group, now called the Core Team, meets monthly to...
