The Very Reverend Winnie Varghese is a queer Episcopal priest born to Indian immigrants. She is now the first female dean of the largest cathedral in the United States, New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

On The State of Belief, we dove into her journey and much more.

This is exactly the kind of interfaith partnership we need right now! 👏

As Rev. Paul Graham with St. Ansgar’s Lutheran Church in Cannon said: “No human being is garbage,” and shame on President Trump for saying so.

#LoveThyNeighbor

Speaking with @meidastouch.com, Baptist minister and President & CEO of Interfaith Alliance, Reverend @raushenbush.bsky.social, calls BS on the claim that Trump is America’s “greatest champion of religion.”

"Democracies are not dying abruptly as a result of military coups or tanks in the streets. They're dying subtly as democratically-elected leaders go on to eviscerate the norms and institutions of democracy." - @mariajstephan.bsky.social

"...right now we're in a moment where there are great costs to things that should not have cost to them in a democracy." - @skyeperryman.bsky.social

Love thy neighbor, no exceptions!

Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf is one of the members of the clergy who was arrested over the weekend while praying and peacefully protesting the treatment of immigrants at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago.

"We were there to raise our voices as moral actors,” explains Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf, Senior Minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston as well as Interfaith Alliance’s Chicagoland affiliate lead.

Rev. Michael Woolf, ThD, was arrested while peacefully protesting the treatment of immigrants at the Broadview ICE facility near Chicago.

And how many of those commandments would you say our current president has broken?

Our President & CEO, Reverend @raushenbush.bsky.social , sat down with @katiephang.bsky.social this week. Here’s some of what they discussed.

Interfaith Alliance has filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Trump v. Illinois, urging SCOTUS to uphold a federal judge’s ruling that prohibits the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard to Illinois.

When Texas Governor Abbott demanded rainbow crosswalks across the state be removed, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas painted the steps of their church in the rainbow colors.

We spoke with their senior pastor, Rev. Rachel Griffin-Allison.

“If you don’t know a person from the community, you are not likely to be invited to a wedding." -Rep. @algreen.house.gov (June 2025)

Nobody is harmed by same-sex marriage being legal. If you don’t want to marry someone of same sex or attend a same-sex wedding, you’re free not to.

#Obergefell

"I could spend my entire time here listing the many times that American religion has failed the moral test of the moment. I want to remind us that that is not the only story."

Watch Rev @raushenbush.bsky.social's full lecture at the Washington Theological Consortium: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIeH...

"So many Christians feel like their identity has just been stolen away from them by Christian Nationalism, by this absolute corruption of the Christian faith that's going on by MAGA and the whole of Trump world." - @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social