I still was feeling gratitude for the response by justice system and other community members to our “Rethinking” Racially Biased Policing workshop — when I was further heartened by the response to our Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association’s 2nd Annual Interfaith Harvest Festival.
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The Rev. Waymon T. Dixon, co-president (along with the Rev. Kathleen Gannon) of the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association, in which I participate, has posted on his Facebook page more photos from this year’s heart-warming National Day of Prayer Observance and reception May 6 at the Duncan Conference Center. Kudos to the Rev. Joanna Thompson Gabriel, […]
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Earlier I shared some scenes from Delray Beach’s 9th Annual Mayors Interfaith Prayer Breakfast. Below is my essay on the event from the new edition of The Coastal Star, which hits the streets in print tomorrow. Next up I hope to share observations on the Dalai Lama’s visit to our area. For now: Pay it forward: message […]
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Another sign of why Delray Beach is a two-time All America City — and a sign of what other towns can do — is the Mayor’s Interfaith Breakfast in its ninth year. The program hosted by the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce at the Delray Beach Golf Club Jan. 7 is the focus of […]
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Do I ever love it when a plan comes together. Some may recall when I wrote about an interfaith harvest dinner on the far side of the country in Oakland, CA. Little did I know then that I’d be blessed to be part of a Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association organizing subcommittee that so similarly and […]
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It’s something that any congregation — or better yet, group of congregations — can do. This time it’s the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association. The idea germinated from photocopies of “Peace Notes.” And the note scribbled across them: “Could we do something like this here? Interfaith Harvest.” One of the headlines in that Spring, 2006 […]
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(Another original from I21 in The Coastal Star) How prayer would manifest in a municipal setting was my question when I learned that Delray Beach would host a National Day of Prayer observance in front of City Hall. The event, celebrated nationwide on the first Thursday each May, was established by Congress to encourage Americans […]
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