In today’s complex world, the pursuit of social justice demands that we not only confront systemic inequities but also build sustainable paths for change. The...
Editorial: Navigating the Pathway of Justice
Editorial: What, Really, is “Adaptive Leadership”?
As our world grapples with unprecedented crises and shifting landscapes, the role of adaptive leadership has become increasingly pivotal. From climate change and environmental degradation to…
Editorial: The Evolution of Religious Pluralism
What is religious pluralism? The Aspen Institute defines it as “the state of being where every individual in a religiously diverse society has the rights, freedoms, and safety to worship, or not, according…
Editorial: Seeking the Blessed Community
From Sudan to Chicago or Shanghai, defining, enjoying, and sustaining a blessed community is a tough assignment. Since humans became human, we’ve hungered for a thriving, protective community…
Editorial: We're Back!
In the two years we’ve been gone, the challenge in developing interfaith relations has received a body blow through the accelerating corruption of language and communication…
The Spirit in the World
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
The original impulse to create TIO nine years ago came from realizing how very much interfaith activity was sprouting up in the world and how very little most people knew about it, local interfaith activists included.
Skillsets for Interfaith Relationships
What does it take to create and nurture healthy interfaith culture? Good intentions and an open heart are surely necessary.
Paying Attention to Spirit
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
Hundreds of thousands of pages have been written detailing the history and doctrines of our particular religious traditions, most of them demonstrating how different we are from each other.
Past Gifts for Tough Times
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
Eight years ago, on September 15, 2011, TIO was launched. That makes this the 89th monthly issue. (We skip August.) Since then this publication has featured more than 1,000 interfaith stories along with…
Powerful Rays of Hope
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
Some of you may not know that TIO takes August off, so we wanted to drop this note. Meanwhile, month by month the case gets stronger that our communities, the nation, and the world are in dire need of the art of building friendly relations regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or culture.
Disaster and the Task Ahead
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
The most important shift in the world of disaster response today relates to our communication capabilities.
Doing Better at Caring for Each Other
by Paul Chaffee
Safety is already on the agenda of most of the hundreds of interfaith nonprofits across the US and globally.
For One Organization?
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
I’ve been asked why TIO would devote an entire issue to one organization – the United Religions Initiative (URI). That’s a fair question.
The Journey Beyond Mutually Assured Destruction
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is a military term referring to opposing nations each having nuclear weapons. The argument for maintaining nuclear weapons is…
Spirituality, Creativity, and Community
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
Drums and flutes are among the oldest tools empowering human beings to explore who we are. We have historical evidence that drums go back at least 7,500 years and probably much earlier.
Good News in a Bad-News Year
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
Historians looking back at 2018 will have little difficulty describing the mayhem and trauma the world was facing.
Compassion – Interfaith’s Common Ground
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
In preparing each month’s TIO, we typically invite two or three more contributors than we usually publish, on the safe assumption…
Climate - To Do or Die
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
A strong case can be made that humankind is approaching a tipping point, a time and place where we fall off the edge of the cliff, victims of our own greed and need to exploit a weary, wounded, and depleted Earth.
Toronto, Interfaith, and the State of the World
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
Nineteen years ago … but I remember it vividly. Stepping onto a crowded hotel elevator, I encountered interfaith luminary Huston Smith and a group of American Indian leaders in their full tribal vestments
Taking Advantage of the Digital World
by Paul Chaffee, Editor
The digital world has become so enmeshed into our daily lives that it’s difficult to isolate and define it, much less critique it.