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."
Reflect: An Island of Peace Within One’s Soul
"How foolish it is, how terrible, if you have not found your Island of Peace within your own soul! It means that you are living without the discovery of your true home."
Wisdom Wednesday: Rev. Herring on Truly Seeing People
“If I am to love the people, if I am to serve the people, I must first be able to see them.”
Merton Monday: On seeing God in everyone
“When you see God in everyone, then they see God in you.”
Wisdom Wednesday: Chris Pramuk on Merton’s Observations in Harlem
“The noise of traffic and the uninterrupted cries of playing children, cries of life and joy coming out of purgatory, loud and strong the voice of a great living organism.”
Norton Chaplain Shares His Experience During COVID-19
The Rev. Ronald C. Oliver, system vice president of Mission and Outreach for Norton Healthcare, shares thoughts on how COVID-19 has impacted healthcare workers, the importance of connection, and what he hopes “the new normal” will look life after the pandemic.
Reflect: ‘The Slave Mother’ by Frances HW Harper
CIR is revisiting Festival of Faiths catalogues in search of insight, wisdom and inspiration. Our hope is that these written words will spur meaningful reflection amid challenging times.
Wisdom Wednesday: Humanitarian Najah Bazzy on our human family
"I am responsible for you, and you are responsible for me. And that is the equation that creates the love and the connectedness."
Merton Monday: On loving others well
Thomas Merton's thoughts on love from "No Man Is an Island."