by Erik Richardson | Aug 28, 2026 | Perspectives and Resources
Building Trust Across Traditions Trust takes time. It cannot be declared at the beginning of a partnership or guaranteed by an institutional agreement. It develops through the accumulated experience of another person: conversations held honestly, commitments kept,...
by Erik Richardson | Aug 27, 2026 | Lebanon 2026, Perspectives and Resources
Why We Return to Lebanon There are places to which we return because the work is unfinished. There are others to which we return because relationships have made leaving them behind impossible. Lebanon is both. For many years, the relationships that became Abraham’s...
by Erik Richardson | Aug 27, 2026 | Perspectives and Resources
FriendshipBeforeAgreement Interfaith dialogue is often described in the language of common ground. The hope is understandable: begin with what we share, find points of agreement, and build outward from there. But meaningful relationships between religious traditions...
