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 Each year, Pride Month is a vital reminder to uplift and celebrate the inherent dignity of all people while honoring LGBTQ people and allies who bravely fought against hate and extremism [...]

 Sometimes it seems like there are two Americas. One that accepts, loves, and honors, and another that rejects, fears and hates those who are different. To counter the latter face of America [...]

 How did phrases like “One nation under God” become part of the Pledge of Allegiance, and “In God We Trust” become America’s national motto? As Christian [...]

 It’s easy to look around the world, with rising hate and divisions, and feel fearful, isolated, and sometimes even defeated. Yet there’s plenty of reason for hope, as people across the [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/The_State_of_Belief_051124_Faith_for_Pride.mp3 Paul welcomes Interfaith Alliance Senior Director of Field and Organizing Maureen [...]

 It’s possible to lean into hope to such a degree that responsibility for action can seem either unneeded or futile. That’s just one of the important observations this week’s [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/The_State_of_Belief_051124_Brian_McLaren.mp3 It’s possible to lean into hope to such a degree that responsibility for action can seem [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/State_of_Belief_050424_Aubin_Peterson.mp3 Paul welcomes Aubin Peterson, co-founder of Another Story, about how faith has informed her LGBTQ [...]

https://stateofbelief.s3.amazonaws.com/audiofiles/2024/State_of_Belief_050424_Adam_Friedman.mp3 Paul’s with Adam Friedman, Interfaith Alliance organizing and elections strategist, getting [...]

 “You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.” With that powerful quote from former US Rep. Pat Schroeder, host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush teed [...]