The Particular Hardships of the Path of Truth
Everyone who strives in God’s path must be mentally prepared for the hardships and challenges they are likely…
Faith
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Exploring the Harmony of Measurement and Belief
Can science and faith work together? Can we reconcile experiment and observation with Divine wisdom? Connecting what is…
Exit of a Colossus
“Every soul will taste death. And We test you, O humanity, with good and evil as a trial,…
Our World of Faith or, Being Cool and Peaceful in the Fire
From one perspective, some think, the entire world is in chaos—it is not possible to speak of any…
Faith and Concern
Being trouble-free is the biggest trouble of all. I’d rather wish people felt so troubled for others that…
How to Respond to Oppression
Question: Oppression is everywhere and exists in almost every form. How should believers respond to oppression when they…
Searching for Our Souls
Our modern society has gone astray during much of the past several centuries. While every person is in…
Religious Communities and Response to COVID-19: The Case of the Hizmet Movement
This is not the first time that the world is witnessing a pandemic; previous incidents were regional in…
Corona and a Call of Revival: An Interfaith Perspective
About 3500 years ago in Egypt, Moses began to preach the religion that calls for submission to God,…
Hizmet Movement: An Exemplary Paradigm of Transnational Civic Engagements
The origins of a seemingly nameless civic-social movement which later became popularly known as the “Gülen Movement” or…
The Chaplain Cares: Reflections on Hospital Chaplaincy
Tears and touching are some of the most profound forms of connection among people. They soften hearts and…
Service in the Face of Disaster: A Memoir of a Visit with Refugees in Greece
I didn’t know what to expect when we landed in Athens. I knew we were going to be…
Jihad in Islam and Christianity
Politicians and anti-Muslim activists frequently take to audiences and websites to criticize the term jihad as a form…
Religion: More Than Life or Life Itself?
Respect for life is more than a religious value; it is a constituent dimension of faith found in…
Years of Heedlessness
Heedlessness means abstraction, carelessness, and not being oneself. The heedless persons are uninformed about what is going on…