listening – Nathan Day Wilson

Is Your Religion Measurable or Messy?

Here’s a story: Two people go into a place to pray. One clears her throat, looks upward and prays in a loud voice, “Thank you, Holy One, that I am me and not these other people. I tithe my income regularly and fast not just once a week, as I am directed, but twice aContinue reading “Is Your Religion Measurable or Messy?”

‘Listening and Learning’ means little without action

Is “listening and learning” in danger of becoming the new “thoughts and prayers”? A twenty-year-old – which is the age group we need to hear, especially these days – told me she thinks it is, especially for white people. Just like some respond to tragedy with the promise of thoughts and prayers, her concern isContinue reading “‘Listening and Learning’ means little without action”