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"Out of pain and righteous anger I took apart the stained glass windows of my childhood faith. Over time I looked more closely at the glass shards at my feet and chose to reconstruct my faith life."
—Sandra L. Fischer ’12 M.Div. writing in the new issue of our journal, Reflections, which addresses whether Christianity is losing its religion.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
-- Kahlil Gibran

Sonnet 141 - CXLI
In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,
Who, in despite of view, is pleased to dote.
Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted;
Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone,
Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
To any sensual feast with thee alone:
But my five wits nor my five senses can
Dissuade one foo…

A Domain Ontology for Modeling the Book of Purification in Islam
Hessa Alawwad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.18222 https://arxiv.org/pdf…

A Domain Ontology for Modeling the Book of Purification in Islam
This paper aims to address a gap in major Islamic topics by developing an ontology for the Book of Purification in Islam. Many authoritative Islamic texts begin with the Book of Purification, as it is essential for performing prayer (the second pillar of Islam after Shahadah, the profession of faith) and other religious duties such as Umrah and Hajj. The ontology development strategy followed six key steps: (1) domain identification, (2) knowledge acquisition, (3) conceptualization, (4) class…

Ugh. So twitter right now is WAY too effective at dividing the Dems. I hope we get this out of our system.
For the record, the big problem here is misplaced faith in the (white) left; e.g. Bernie's a good cheerleader but *wildly* ineffective on the ground because at the end of the day you have to work within the ugly system
a thing elder black folks in politics excel at, which the white left ALWAYS seems to forget

So uh, yeah, the state-supported routes are probably safe for the moment but we're in for a fight to protect our long distance trains.
I don't know what a call to action might look like yet but comraderie among Amtrak riders certainly can't hurt right now. Be ready to organize.
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It was tempting to post this with "Kickstart My Heart," but I never liked
Mötley Crüe.
https://tonemilazzo.com/2025/03/16/kickstarting-the-king-in-giallo/

[tone·milazzo]Author of The Faith Machine, ESPionage the Role-Playing Game, and Picking Up the GhostKickstarting The King in Giallo
I finally pulled the trigger on my first Kickstarter! The general advice for crowdfunding has been, “Don’t bother unless you have a sizable following on social media.” My Twitter never broke 600, b…

(RNS) — ‘Faith leaders have been at the forefront of every progressive movement in our nation’s history … so I’m glad to see faith leaders speaking out and getting into good trouble in opposition to the upcoming reconciliation bill,’ Delaware Sen. Chris Coons told RNS.
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To put pressure on Trump, Democrats turn to religion — and religious activists
(RNS) — ‘Faith leaders have been at the forefront of every progressive movement in our nation’s history … so I’m glad to see faith leaders speaking out and getting into good trouble in opposition to the upcoming reconciliation bill,’ Delaware Sen. Chris Coons told RNS.

📰 Browsing Seven Mountain Mandate | Safe for Whose Whole “Family?” - Good Faith Media (https://goodfaithmedia.org/seven-mountain-mandate-safe-for-whose-whole-family/).

Is Christianity losing its religion? In the new issue of Reflections, YDS-related scholars and ministers take up this question and declare their own reasons for Christian faith. https://reflections.yale.edu/