The South Florida Times has my report on the encouraging 25th annual National Conference on Preventing Crime in the Black Community.
With 1,000 from law enforcement, and hundreds more kids, long-running ‘Conference seeks to prevent crime’
June 19th · South Florida Times
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‘Music teacher found guilty of sexually abusing student at Southwest Ranches Hindu temple’
June 15th · Hindu
Stumbled upon the headline, and, seeing mention of the Griffin Road temple that I cited in a recent essay, it seemed appropriate to note the story.
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Hindus, friends bless BAPS youth center opening
June 5th · Hindu
The new Youth Activity Center at the BAPS Swaminarayan temple in Boynton Beach will be “a place to work on that masterpiece that is your life,” Parikshit Shingala told his fellow youths. Here’s a link to my report for The Coastal Star on the inauguration ceremonies. As the photos below may suggest, the folks assembled from near and far for the event made my first experience at a Hindu gathering informative and rewarding.
Nat’l Day of Prayer in Delray: ‘One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, Celebrating Our Unity In Diversity’
May 13th · Bahai's, Buddhist, Christian, Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association, Hindu, Interfaith, Jewish
Jane Marcel, senior executive advisor for the Toussaint L'Overture High School for Arts and Social Justice in Boynton Beach, helped pack the Duncan Center on May 6. In many languages, modes and traditions, area spiritual leaders offered prayers for our community, our nation and the world. The program was sponsored by the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association.
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, Donna Brueggemann and the rest of the team for gathering Jews, Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Bahai’s and others for this special interfaith program. Above and below: I capture several more scenes.
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In Memorial: To Love beyond Death and Life
May 4th · The Coastal Star, Unitarian Universalist
My latest essay at The Coastal Star.
1st UU Congregation hosts “The End — Or Is It?”
April 23rd · Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Unitarian Universalist
The Rev. Carole Yorke, of the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches, hosts of the March 25 program, chats with Brett Ferrigan, co-director of the Palm Beach Shambhala House. Symbols on the wall depict the UUs' religious pluralism.
On the subject of death and dying from the perspective of various faith traditions, I expected to learn a lot, and I did, from my fellow panelists and other participants in the excellent March 25 program, “The End — Or Is It?”
Am just getting around to sharing this link to dozens of my wife’s photos that the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches, whose Marika Stone organized the program, posted online.
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Welcoming Hindus for National Day of Prayer
April 12th · Hindu
My latest I21 essay at The Coastal Star:
The uplifting annual National Day of Prayer program, hosted locally by the Delray Beach Interfaith Clergy Association, is as representative of humanity and our various faith traditions as it gets around these parts.
And it just became more so: For the first time, Hindu is among the myriad faiths to be represented at the Duncan Center on May 6 at 6 p.m.
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How ’bout dem UUs?
March 24th · Unitarian Universalist
Here are some excellent notes on “Who are these Unitarians?” from the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches’ FaceBook page:
- Installation of Peace Pole by the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches, Sept. 20, 2009.
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More FL Conference of Muslim Americans, Miami
March 23rd · Florida Conference of Muslim Americans, Islam, Muslim
Imam Abdul-Haq Muhammed of Fort Myers, convener, Florida Conference of Muslim Americans (L), and Imam Dr. Nasir Ahmad of host Masjid Al-Ansar, Miami.
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