This sharing will revolve around questions I get frequently: Whatever led you to choose this as an academic specialization? Why does Islamic religious studies matter? What do Islamic religious studies specialists actually study, and what…
I bought tea for my friends Shams and Rumi Another intoxicatingly sunny day 70 degrees They were cutting up the way they always do But they could see in my eyes a request to quit…
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1. Who needs Rumi? We’ve got Fatima! She’s the ultimate poem. 2. If Rumi had met Fatima He would have forgotten Shams– Just like that!
For our next Share the Wealth, Annie Fitzgerald will speak on the three pillars that make her life meaningful: Beauty, Contemplation, and Healing. Annie will invite us to reflect on how these essentials may be…
Dear Kind Soul It’s me again The following are two lines from the September 12th Rumi poem-of-the-day In the book you gave me, But For Us This Day: “Do not wait. The open plain is better /…
I am a big proponent of “Share the wealth.” Accordingly, I have asked our friend Kristen Andersen to share her important work on Islamic mysticism and liberation, the subject of her Master’s thesis in theological…
Shimmelstoy: Just today, I was walking to campus, and I could swear I saw Miguel Weiss on the bus! Max: Are you serious? Shimmelstoy: It had to be. Dead-ringer. Max: I thought you told me…