24 January 2021 As Knowledge Increases, Does Our Peace Increase Too? Technology makes many aspects of our lives easier. We can speak with someone far away, reach information quickly, and carry out our work with tools different from those of…
29 October 2021 Question: If we use words that hurt people while claiming to defend what is right, what are we leaving out? Sometimes a word is not merely a word. The intention with which we say it and how…
11 April 2021 Is What We Learn Reflected in Our Lives? When listening to an account, we may become caught up in the details of the event. We ask where it happened, when it occurred, and exactly how people behaved….
1 December 2021 Why Do We Read an Account? When we read a prophet’s prayer or a community’s experiences in the Qur’an, we sometimes move through them quickly. We may say, “I already know these things.” But knowing the outline…
4 April 2021 How Do We Begin a Day? When we wake in the morning, the tasks ahead may immediately come to mind. There is a meeting to attend, household needs, children to get ready, or a conversation waiting to…
6 September 2021 Do Our Words Resemble the Way We Live? People can choose beautiful words when describing themselves. They can advocate honesty, mutual help, and the value of family. But the real question is how these words are reflected…
3 December 2021 Question: When we pray, are we only asking for something, or are we also showing what kind of relationship we have with our Lord? When people pray, they acknowledge their need. They do not say, “I am…
20 June 2021 Looking at One Part and Missing the Whole We can draw large conclusions from a small detail we see in someone’s life. They have opened a shop on a busy street, and business is going well; we…
17 March 2023 Sometimes the greatest danger on the straight path is not being openly told, “Do wrong.” It is having what is wrong presented as right. Surah Hud speaks of people who turn others away from Allah’s path and…
24 January 2021 Thinking About Ourselves as We Look at the Sky Verse 54 of Surah Al-A‘raf turns our attention to the heavens, the earth, the night, the day, the sun, the moon, and the stars. It then reminds us…