I forgot my socks. That was all I could focus on: My cold toes on the tile floor. Socks are not my central focus at other times and places, but I was a guest at this mosque. And I didn’t want to be disrespectful.
I found myself sitting on a bench with bare feet because I am the interfaith chaplain at Alma College. For the holy month of Ramadan, I organized trips to a mosque for Muslim students on Fridays, sometimes ferrying them the...
