How to Be, Not Do, in Fascinating El Salvador
I woke early to the singular sweet clarion call of a tropical bird. Soon the morning doves filled in with their baseline organ drones and countless high-pitched chirps filled in…
A More Positive Way to Think About Productivity
Signing up to co-author a book has revealed a new twist in my dysfunctional relationship with productivity. With an MBA and a 30-year career in pharmaceutical marketing, its not surprising…
Unconditional Love for a Difficult Person
The Modern-Day Church Lady marvels at the unconditional love her fellow church members provide a prickly old man and realizes it is the Grace of God, available to all. Jim…
A Terrific Way To Welcome Immigrants Video
Are you frustrated with the current administration’s efforts to make immigrants feel afraid and unwanted? Do you wish there was a way to assert the traditional American value of welcoming…
How to Protect Positive Muslim Christian Relationships
A Three-Part Video Series: Part Three With growing racial and religious strife in the US, the religious tolerance of Sierra Leone offers hope we can change. Part three of this video…
What You Need to Know About Shared Muslim and Christian Values
How to Build Positive Muslim Christian Relationships Three-Part Video Series: Part Two In a time when the current administration is telling Muslim members of Congress to go back to their…
Protesting Blood Money Made Off the Backs of Immigrants
Scenes from the Lights for Liberty protest held at Essex County Jail on July 12, 2019 Behind this barbed wire immigrants are warehoused Transformed into capital assets that generate funds for suburban…
How to Promote Strong Muslim Christian Relationships
A Three-Part Video Series: Part One With the arrival of another major holiday—this time, Eid al-Fitr, the feast that breaks the Ramadan fast—I feel uneasy. Gatherings for major religious holidays…
How to Fill Your Life with Interesting People
I had just settled down to watch the Michael Jackson documentary, Leaving NeverLand, when I received a text that dramatically changed the course of my evening. “Just learned that one…
Opening My Eyes to the Damage from Code Switching
As Black History month draws to a close and we are on the cusp of Women’s History Month , the Modern-Day Church Lady reflects on what she learned about code-switching…
