Congratulations to Ilhan Dahir, a Muslim alum of Face to Face / Faith to Faith from Ohio, who was selected as a White House "Champion of Change!"

Not a story you hear everyday. During Ramadan this year, prominent American Muslim leaders urged Hamas to immediately release captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Their rationale: Hamas doesn't like the unjust treatment of Palestinians, so why do the same to an Israeli soldier?

9/11 changed us - whether we were alive at that moment or yet-to-be born. Ten years later, it makes sense to consider what we have learned. These are the eleven (9+1+1) spiritual lessons that 9/11 taught me.

Check out volume 7 of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, featuring top scholarly religious voices from around the globe. Once again, we hear perspectives that aren’t always highlighted or included in academic discussions here in the US, and provide a place and starting point for rigorous and sustaining conversations.

Auburn Seminary and the hundreds of young alumni of Auburn's international multifaith program for teens, Face to Face | Faith to Faith, join the world in mourning the victims of Norway's Utoya massacre.

The Face to Face / Faith to Faith summer intensive is off to an incredible start. 70 participants from the four regions are here - 58 first-years and 12 leaders-in-training.

Every once in a while we witness the perfect interfaith storm. It's always a combination of religion, politics, and one special ingredient, like money, scandal, or, as in this season's storm, collective memory.