Author Archives: Matilda Cantwell

Our Inescapable Network of Mutuality

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Matilda Cantwell
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Amidst the cacophony of all that I am reading, hearing, and taking in response to the verdict in the Ferguson Grand Jury deliberation,—which I am, like many of us, just barely beginning to sort through—I have little, if anything, different or new … Continue reading →

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Interfaith Awareness Week: What Do We Serve?

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Matilda Cantwell
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We are what we pay attention to. Sadly, most of the time we are not attending to the world or ourselves. Psychologists estimate we have sixty thousand to seventy thousand thoughts a day, 99 percent of which are more or … Continue reading →

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SWANS: Beyond Atheism, Agnosticism, and Religion to Spiritual Intersectionality

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Matilda Cantwell
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The first week in February was the United Nation’s “Interfaith Harmony Week”. While Smith will be commemorating this week later on in the semester, this is a good time to begin to talk about the what and why of “Interfaith Harmony.” Three … Continue reading →

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Newtown School Shooting: What I Know is True

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Matilda Cantwell
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The faith tradition(s) that I follow allows me a certain acceptance of uncertainty and “living the questions,” as the famous poem by Rilke puts it. Grappling, wondering, ruminating, and questioning are all part of the journey for me—as is the … Continue reading →

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“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Matilda Cantwell
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– Mahatma Gandhi

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Is God “One?”

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Matilda Cantwell
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Earlier this fall I read this story about a group of Muslims in Peshawar Pakistan who made a human chain outside a church where Mass was taking place, standing in solidarity with the worshipers when a nearby church was recently destroyed … Continue reading →

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Fight or Freeze: Can We Move Beyond the Binary?

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Matilda Cantwell
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When I was in college, we used to talk a lot about “the binary.” I don’t know if it is still in use in the common lexicon—but think it is still associated with things we talk about a lot with … Continue reading →

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Smith Explores Model of Interfaith Cooperation

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Matilda Cantwell
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In the first year of my interfaith fellowship at Smith, I have used the idea of Interfaith Cooperation as a guiding principle, operating within the belief that college students both long for contexts to explore and develop themselves spiritually; but … Continue reading →

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Matilda Cantwell
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– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Response to Boston Marathon Bombings

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Matilda Cantwell
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Regardless of where or how we are situated with respect to Boston, Watertown the Boston marathon, geographically and emotionally, almost all of us, what can I do? It strikes me that in fact, there is so much we can do, … Continue reading →

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