Merton Monday: Loving another person for who they are
"To love another as a person we must begin by granting him his own autonomy and identity as a person..."
Reflect: The Dalai Lama’s ‘Human Approach to World Peace’
The Center for Interfaith Relations is revisiting Festival of Faiths catalogues in search of insight, wisdom and inspiration. Our hope is that these written words will spur meaningful reflection and serve as a beacon of hope amid challenging times.
Wisdom Wednesday: Thomas Merton on having an ‘awake heart’
“You cultivate the awareness of love in a[n] awake heart. So you keep your heart awake to respond to God.”
Merton Monday: On waking from a dream of separateness
"I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all these people, that they were mine and I theirs..."
Common Action: Lifting Up Our Local Community
Every Friday, CIR encourages a specific action intended to strengthen the community. We lift up nonprofits helping diverse populations and recommend simple acts of kindness and compassion.
Wisdom Wednesday: Lyla June on honoring the feminine
“We need to give men folks a place to feel, and we need to give women folks a place to be safe.”
Merton Monday: On the ‘light of truth’ amid life’s storms
Merton speaks of finding truth "in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms."
Reflect: Mary Oliver’s “Pink Moon – The Pond”
"And thats when you know you will live whether you will or not, one way or another, because everything is everything else, one long muscle. It's no more mysterious than that."
Wisdom Wednesday: Balancing the feminine and masculine
Futurist and communications strategist Schuyler Brown at the 2018 Festival of Faiths.
Merton Monday: On partial truth vs. pure truth
“What we seek is not the pure truth, but the partial truth that justifies our prejudices, our limitations, our selfishness."