April 30, 2000: “Stand the Storm, It Won’t Be Long”
In this sermon, Rev. Murray compares dark or difficult periods in our lives to storms. “Storms make sailors…and when storms come, you don’t have to get stormy. You don’t have to raise …
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Reflections on My Experience as a Generation Change Fellow
By Ezekiel Nworie This blog post originally ran on Youth for Technology Foundation’s website. Call it an adventure, a dream realized, a handshake with experience or a door of opportunity. In June, I traveled …
Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement
The Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement (CMJE) was an institutional partnership established in December 2007 between Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Omar Ibn Al Khattab Foundation and the Center for Religion …
How do you build Peace? CRCC’s Brie Loskota joins USIP Meeting with the Dalai Lama
Brie Loskota was part of a U.S. Institute of Peace delegation that met with the His Holiness the Dalai Lama to discuss peace-building. When @brieloskota met @DalaiLama, she brought him @USC hat …
Today’s Mass Killings Shouldn’t Distort Our Assessment of Everyday Risk
This post originally appeared on Zócolo Public Square. In the midst of the Second Intifada, in summer 2001, I was living in the dorms at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Normally bustling streets …
Youth and Religious Actors Engaging for Peace
The following report was produced by the U.S. Institute of Peace. CRCC & USIP partner to run the Generation Change Fellowship Program. In the context of UN Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace, …
Photo Slideshow: Rev. Cecil Murray’s 88th Birthday
Rev. Cecil Murray turned 88 years young this year, and the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture celebrated his lifetime of faith and service with some of his family, friends and …
A New Pitch for God’s Resources – Church Finance Series
This post originally appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel. Church Stewardship is raising, expending, and managing God’s funds and property. This is the fundamental principle of biblical stewardship. Too many church leaders …
Online Giving Works – Church Finance Series
This post originally appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel. Online giving is one of the fastest-growing methods of giving to churches. Online giving is a way of donating money via the internet …
Make 4th of July into a Day of Interdependence
On this Day of Independence, we must note that our independence—from tyranny and oppression—always comes at a price. Freedom is not cheap! But this does not mean that we must spend more …