14 Sunday May 2017
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demilitarization, hope, Keep Hope Alive, love, Mother's Day, peace, rev. jesse jackson, Santita Jackson
Happy Mother’s Day everyone. It is a joy to be on “Keep Hope Alive” radio show with Rev. Jesse Jackson and Santita Jackson. We are discussing the origins of Mother’s Day and what Mother’s are doing around the world. Continue reading
28 Wednesday Dec 2016
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This is my new article “Hope for Peace in a Broken World: 1 Chronicles, Exile and Building Walls” for Religions 9 (2016): 136-146.
The 9th issue will be about “Peace in a World of Conflicts”. The stated goal of the great world religions is to establish peace both within the world and between God and human beings. It is not a small paradox that today religion is frequently portrayed as a great disturber of peace both insides the communities and in international affairs at large. The forthcoming issue of Religions/Adyan will reflect upon the ways world religions conceive peace and can contribute to restore it in our trouble times. Continue reading
15 Saturday Oct 2016
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Grand Imam, interfaith, justice, Olav Fykse Tveit, peace, The Huffington Post, World Council of Churches
Switzerland, Geneva, 30 September 2016
The Grand Imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar mosque and university, Prof. Dr Ahmad al-Tayyeb, visited today the World Council of Churches to participate in high-level dialogue on interreligious peacemaking.
“Religious groups working for peace and love” was originally published on the World Council of Churches’ site, “Pilgrimage of Peace and Justice”.
It is now reposted on the Huffington Post.
10 Sunday May 2015
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Happy Mother’s Day!
I hope that you all have a special day with your mother’s. Mother’s are so special and we need to cherish them. Continue reading
18 Tuesday Mar 2014
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By U.S. Department of State from United States [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Today marks Korean-American Christian missionary Kenneth Bae’s 500th day in a North Korean prison. Bae was arrested in November 2012 while leading a tourist group. State-run media reported that he was convicted of attempting to lead a religious anti-North Korean Continue reading
07 Tuesday Jan 2014
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I will be a guest on the radio show, “The Female Solution” on January 7, 2014 from 8-9 a.m. CST, hosted by Naimah Latif. The topic for the radio show is “How can Spiritual Women Influence World”. Feel free to tune in.
23 Monday Sep 2013
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We gathered at the Tillman Chapel of the Church Center for the United Nations – Lutherans, Mennonites, Methodists, Presbyterians, and more. We shared statements Continue reading
12 Sunday May 2013
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Anna Jarvis, commercialization, Gender, grace ji-sun kim, Julia Ward Howe, justice, Keep Hope Alive, Mother's Day, peace, racial issues, radio show, rev. jesse jackson, social justice, socioeconomic critique, women's issues
KEEP HOPE ALIVE! REV. JESSE JACKSON Radio Show
Sunday, May 12, 2013
This morning, I was a guest (along with Atty Barbara Arwine & Dr. Mariko Chang) on the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s “Keep Hope Alive” weekly radio show on every Sunday Morning from 8-10 EST. This morning’s show explored the real meaning of MOTHER’S DAY, as well as the Continue reading
25 Tuesday Dec 2012
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birth, children, Christ, Christmas, family, Feminist Studies in Religion, grace ji-sun kim, gun law, guns, John Lewis, MSNBC, peace, Representative, Sandy Hook Elementary School, tragedy
This was originally posted on Feminist Studies in Religion blogsite.
As many Christians including myself celebrate Christmas, we want to take a moment to pause and reflect upon what it means to celebrate Christmas.
As we live in the busyness of getting into the Christmas spirit, the message of the birth of Christ gets lost in the fervor of buying present, decorating the trees and holding Continue reading
16 Friday Nov 2012
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AAR, book panel, ethics, Kelly Denton-Borhaug, Moravian College, peace, sacrifice, war
There will be a book session at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) for Dr. Kelly Denton-Borhaug’s new book, U.S. War-culture, Sacrifice 
and Salvation. Dr. Mark Heim and myself will be responding to her book. This session is on Saturday Nov. 17, 2012 at McCormick Place West – 182, 1p.m.
This book grew out of consternation and confusion that I experienced in the post 9/11 period regarding the heightened naturalization of war-culture in the U.S. as an unquestioned and to-be-expected feature of life. My exploration of the role of the rhetoric, practices and cognitive frameworks of sacrifice as central to this Continue reading
