 RavelUnravel:
the Community Mosaic Video Project
by Beth Katz
"Wait, you’re a Muslim? But you’re not even brown!" This question inspired RavelUnravel, Project Interfaith’s interactive, multimedia project launching this spring about the diversity of religious and spiritual identities that make up our communities and world.
Emina, a participant in Project Interfaith’s 2010 Interfaith Youth Service Project, faced this reaction from a fellow college student as she prepared to log her first video blog entry. But instead of lashing out at someone’s ignorant comment, she used the experience as an opportunity to explain her identity as a Muslim and the diversity within Islam.
We at Project Interfaith were struck by this as we watched. We thought, “What if we could give more people the chance to define and share their religious or spiritual identity in their own words and confront the misconceptions they face because of this?” Thus, RavelUnravel was born.
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Harmony Among Religions At The United Nations?
by Katherine Marshall
The UN General Assembly began on February 11 to debate Syria's prolonged and bitter tragedy of killing. But only days before, in the same hall a very different group gathered in a very different spirit. It was inspired by what some might call an idealistic cause: interfaith harmony.
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Blogging for a Multi-Faith World
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What People Talk about
Before They Die
As a divinity school student, I had just started working as a student chaplain at a cancer hospital when my professor asked me about my work. I was 26 years old and still learning what a chaplain did.
“I talk to the patients,” I told him.
“You talk to patients? And tell me, what do people who are sick and dying talk to the student chaplain about?” he asked.
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Are Clergy Public Servants?
by Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
Are clergy and teachers of religious faith/thought public servants? Is their work on par with that of others who work for 501c3 non-for-profit groups and for government agencies? It used to be, but as of January 31st, the U.S. federal government has changed its mind about that. Although not known to most people, the federal government maintains a program called Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
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What Is My Responsibility for Peace in the World?
Five Steps towards a Peace Process
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
10:00am U.S. Central Time
with Alexandra Asseily
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This webinar offers participants the opportunity to develop a greater awareness of our own responsibility for peace in our lives and to acquire more skills to apply around us.
The webinar will address our own responsibility for war and peace and the role forgiveness plays in releasing cycles of violence. Through personal reflection, we can experience those aspects of ourselves that are not fully contributing to peace and harmony and how to release and transform them through forgiveness. By doing so, we can also unblock the gifts we have inherited, in order to use them and appreciate them more fully in our lives. Learn More...
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