Wisdom Wednesday: Food Justice for Families
Once we stop assuming families “need saving,” we can get closer to achieving a just and sustainable food system, according to New Roots assistant director Amber Burns.
Merton Monday: On the Meaning of Moments
Words of wisdom from "New Seeds of Contemplation."
Reflect: Muhammad Ali’s Core Principles
The Center for Interfaith Relations is revisiting past Festival of Faiths catalogues in search of insight, wisdom and inspiration. Our hope is that these written words spur meaningful reflection and serve as a beacon of hope amid challenging times.
Wisdom Wednesday: Civil rights activist Linda Sarsour on faith in social justice
“We must believe in our hearts, but we must also act with our tongues, hands, and feet."
Festival Flashback: Iroquois High students share their stories
Their stories include the ravages of war, life before and after moving to Louisville as refugees and immigrants, the foster care system, juvenile detention, motherhood, and many other challenges and triumphs.
Merton Monday: The Way of Peace
"Hence the way of peace is the way of truth, of fidelity to wholeness and being, which implies a basic respect for life not as concept..."
Wisdom Wednesday: LSP’s Joe Manning on the importance of storytelling
“We need to hear from other people to know the boundaries of the map. Every time we listen to someone, we hear from someone, we’re adding another piece to the map — another piece of our understanding of what it means to live this life together.”
Festival Flashback: St. Stephen Choir at ‘Night of a Thousand Stars’
Enjoy this a Gospel performance of “The Lord Is Holy (Bless Ye The Lord)” by St. Stephen Choir from the Night of a Thousand Stars event during the 1997 Festival of Faiths!
Merton Monday: No shortcuts in the spiritual life
Merton on the spiritual life: “There are no tricks and no shortcuts..."
Wisdom Wednesday: Lifting up Black millennial women in ministry
“I do think part of my call is not only to preach women’s stories, but it is to construct new ways of doing worship, of doing liturgy that decentralizes patriarchy.”