Childhood Memories With Fethullah Gülen
Home means different things to different people. Thirty years ago, I was born in the very place where…
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How Do Ants Know Trigonometry?
Think of yourself as a desert ant. You leave your nest to search for food early in the…
Isolation (Tajrid)
Literally meaning to separate, abstract, peel away, or to isolate oneself from every occupation and engagement, tajrid (isolation)…
Corona and a Call of Revival: An Interfaith Perspective
About 3500 years ago in Egypt, Moses began to preach the religion that calls for submission to God,…
My White Experience in the Black Community
It never occurred to me that I was prejudiced. In fact, I was inspired to leave the life…
Editorial (Issue 133): Everything Has a Home
Almost all living creatures have a home of sorts. It is a land that is familiar to us…
“Praise the Lord, I’m Bald”: Learning to Live Again
The worst thing about cancer they don’t tell you? The aftermath. The shock waves. It’s surviving the quick…
In the Eye
It was 3:45 pm. I was sitting crossed-legged with twenty other seven-year olds under a wall of flat…
“Hoop Dreaming”
Combining sports and education, and motivated by faith, Hassan Fofana is helping dreams come true for students in…
Promoting Global Fellowship around the Kitchen Table
As a child growing up in rural Illinois in a small farm town, I only dreamt that I…
Dream, Believe, Fly
Dream. Believe. Fly. This is my motto in life, now that I am fifty-five. Dream, Believe, Fly. These…
My Brother’s Plum Tree
I often think of my brother during the early summer. When we moved to our home in Philadelphia,…
The Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam
“Life is a shared bridge of “passing over” and “coming back.” It is a passing over to other…
Living Green: How Much Do I Need to Suffer for It?
Fewer disposables. Fewer climate-changing green house gases. Fewer containers of trash. Fewer acres of ecological footprint. However, more…
Walking in the Shoes of Others: Stepping in and out of Turkey
What inspires migrants to leave home, friends and country to cross over into unknown worlds? Often many make…