40 Days of Prayer
With election results still undecided, nearly 100 members of the Gamaliel community gathered on November 4 to close out 40 Days of Reflection on Our Journey to the Polls – and to look toward the future. The event was more than 40 days in the making. On April 15, the Gamaliel National Religious Leaders Caucus(GNRLC) …
Read MoreThe Daily Reflection on Our Journey A message from Rev. Dr. John C. Welch, Chair of the Gamaliel Board of Directors, on Election Day Read All of the Daily Reflections on Our Website
Read MoreRabbi Doug Alpert, Congregation Kol Ami, Kansas City, MO, and Former Co-Chair, Gamaliel affiliate Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity (MORE2) When confronting hate, in general, and maybe white nationalist/neo-Nazi, in particular, we often frame it in the negative. Our narrative emphasizes what and whom we are against. Amongst the 613 commandments or…
Read MoreDavid Liners, State Coordinator for WISDOM, the Gamaliel Network in Wisconsin In much of the Western Christian world, November 1 is All Saints Day. It is a day when we remember “all the saints, known and unknown.” We don’t just remember the “A-list” saints like St. Francis or Mother Teresa. We remember the multitude…
Read MoreRev. Marian Boyle-Rohloff, Pastor, West Side Moravian Church, Green Bay, WI; Co-Chair, Gamaliel National Religious Leaders’ Caucus; Member, Gamaliel affiliate, JOSHUA A song that’s resonated with me from childhood on up is Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land.” The song conjures up a vision of this land being a place for everyone, as…
Read MoreRev. H. J. Coleman, Jr., Pastor, World Outreach Campus Church, Saginaw, MI; Member, Gamaliel affiliate, The Ezekiel Project It is appropriate for religious leaders to turn to a tried and true posture in times like these. Throughout scripture we have seen that in times of great challenge, or in advance of elevation, there is…
Read MoreRev. Cynthia Owen Jarrold, National Policy Director, Gamaliel The year 586 B.C.E. resulted in a crisis of unbelievable proportions for the people of Israel. Jerusalem lay in ruins, and the people were carried as captives to Babylon, exiles in a strange land. The structures that defined the social, religious, and political life of the…
Read MoreRev. David Bigsby, Pastor, Upper Room Ministries Missionary Baptist Church, Glenwood, IL; Chair, Gamaliel Council of Presidents; Member, Gamaliel Board of Directors We face difficult decisions daily. In the sacred scripture below, we find guidance for our conduct. In the midst of this storm, it becomes crystal clear that our actions must be (just)…
Read MoreSr. Carol Johannes, OP, Pastoral Minister and Spiritual Director; Former Prioress, Adrian Dominican Sisters; Friend of Gamaliel, Ann Arbor, MI Spiritual guides tell us that one of the greatest enemies of the community of believers is fear. Fear can make us unfree, unhappy and unholy. Unfortunately, fear is alive and well in today’s world. It…
Read MoreRev. David Carl Olson, Lead Minister, First Unitarian Church of Baltimore, Co-chair, Religious Leaders’ Caucus, Gamaliel affiliate, BRIDGE Maryland, Inc. There is an America in my head and heart which is only partly true. “Land of the free” may describe some of my country at some time; but heeding too closely to the myth…
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