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Interfaith Fellows’ Blog Posts

Creativity and the Church — Allyson Mills

Posted on May 9, 2023

Before I could read, I enjoyed going to my family’s church every Sunday and staring at the stained glass on the tall, otherwise cream-colored stucco walls. I especially loved the 10:30 service, when the sun …

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Letter from an Interfaith Retreat — Jaime Wendt

Posted on May 8, 2023

When I learned that I would have an opportunity to attend an overnight, contemplative retreat as part of this fellowship, I knew immediately that I would jump at that chance. Even though it seemed a …

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Science vs. Religion: A Debate That’s Not Worth It — Jaden Schultz

Posted on May 1, 2023

It is a commonly held notion that science is the antithesis of religion. The two are regarded as so inherently contradictory that being religious and simultaneously thinking scientifically is believed to be impossible. Where did …

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Religious Belief and Family History: Creating Generational Connections — Sophia Halverson

Posted on April 20, 2023

My identification with my faith has always been tied up with my two grandmothers. Both of them were, and are, devout Catholics. My maternal grandmother died when I was a baby but when my mom …

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Reconciling Religion and Science — Walter Camp

Posted on April 19, 2023

“The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.” Werner Heisenberg, a 1932 Nobel laureate and father …

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Place Sense (Part 2) — Param Bhandare

Posted on April 14, 2023

Continuing from where I left off in Part 1 of this post: Growing up, I don’t think I was subject to the same forces as those born and raised in the U.S. My upbringing instilled …

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Place Sense (Part 1) — Param Bhandare

Posted on April 14, 2023

I am what is called a third culture kid of sorts, who are by wikipedia’s definition, people raised in a culture other than their parents’ or the culture of their country or nationality, and also …

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Narco-Religion in Mexico: A Cultural Fusion with Social Implication — Jiaming Xie

Posted on March 25, 2023

I took English 177 this semester, which is a course that explores the global genre of narco-narratives—in the context of literature, film, and television—and studies the different social, racial, and cultural constructions of illegality and …

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I Have a Friend… — Jonathan Bryan

Posted on March 9, 2023

I have a friend who I’ve known since the 1st Grade. We both completed our K-12 education at a Catholic school system where we learned everyday mathematics, sciences, and language arts in addition to Catholic …

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Khazaria: History and Mythology — Jacob Laufgraben

Posted on February 25, 2023

The Eurasian Steppe is a belt of flat grasslands extending thousands of miles from Northern China to Central Europe. It is one of the most consequential pieces of geography in history and for thousands of …

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