Parenthood Involves Massive Sacrifice: Money, Attention, Time

When You've Got Jews And Christians, Muslims, Sikhs And Hindus Removing Graffiti From Buildings, Or Getting Drug Dealers Off The Street, That's Side By Side. When You Do That, You Take It From The Very Elevated Level Of Interfaith Dialogue To The Street Level Of Neighbors. You Get Them Working Side By Side, And They Become Friends. Friendship Sometimes Counts For More Than Interfaith Agreement Or Understanding. Friendship Is Deeply Human.

I Believe Faith Is Not Certainty But The Courage To Live With Uncertainty.

Governments Cannot Make Marriages Or Turn Feckless Individuals Into Responsible Citizens. That Needs Another Kind Of Change Agent.

Islamophobia Is A Complex Phenomenon.

Religious Ritual Is A Way Of Structuring Time So That We, Not Employers, The Market Or The Media, Are In Control. Life Needs Its Pauses, Its Chapter Breaks, If The Soul Is To Have Space To Breathe.