Great daybreak class this morning at the Lake Worth Municipal Beach led by Tee Jackson, a wonderful teacher sharing universal principles from her Christian perspective: “Some of us lift weights, watch our diets religiously and spend countless hours in the gym. Do we display that same determination in our spiritual lives? Do we have that same […]
With G-d’s Name, the Merciful Benefactor, the Merciful Redeemer Join Us As We Again Spotlight “Model Interfaith Dialogue & Unity” Featuring an examination of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich’s historic 1997 address to a gathering of 3,000 at Harlem’s Malcolm Shabazz Mosque. The event sparked a continuing upsurge in interfaith collaboration. Sunday, July 25, 2-4 p.m. […]
Tags: Harlem·Malcolm Shabazz Mosque·Martin Alfaro·Mercedes Mont·United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches
With appreciation to my dear friend Imam Bilal Saleem and his wife, of Jacksonville, who invited us to join them for the weekend, my wife and I enjoyed our most beautiful U.S. Independence Day in memory. Imam Saleem, whose deceased father was from New Providence island, home of the Bahama islands’ capital and commercial center, Nassau, provided a […]
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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, […]
Tags: Duncan Conference Center·National Day of Prayer·Toussaint L'Overture High School
“I thought you might find this interesting,” said my friend Husam Amin of the documentary video he sent me. I think you might too. All kinds of insights.
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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 […]
Tags: Delray Beach·Mayor Woody McDuffie·Rev. Dr. Waymon T. Dixon
Americans in particular are way overdue to upgrade our faith literacy. Common Tables makes it easy. I thank the Rev. Joanna Gabriel for alerting me to the Interfaith eLerts that “arrive just before, and briefly explain the significance of, many of the world’s primary holy days.” It’s how many of us know a bit more today about […]
From my friend Larry Stauber, of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches: The Trail of Dreams is on its way to Washington, DC. Juan, Carlos, Gaby, and Felipe left Miami’s Freedom Tower yesterday and are currently walking past Hollywood and nearing Dania Beach. According to walker Juan, the team skipped over the […]
“Autumn is a special, spiritual time of the year for people of the Jewish faith. Elul (a month of introspection, repentance, and reconciliation) leads to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur – the most important of all Jewish Holidays. Together Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are known as the Yamim Nora’im, the ‘Days of Awe’. In […]
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“He was a man who accepted responsibilities. A man with few words but reliable actions that his friends and his neighbors respected and cherished. A family man that loved providing for and protecting his family. And also a religious man that prayed often and acknowledged God often by saying, ‘the Good Master,’ ‘the Good Master.’ […]
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