We live in difficult times. Whether we are watching the news, reading our social media feed, or simply having coffee with a friend, suffering is always lurking: disasters near and far, difficulties at home and abroad, pains minor and chronic.…
By Richa Agarwala A picture is said to be worth a thousand words. This adage comes alive with symbols that invoke high levels of emotions in people as compared to written text. Religious symbols, family pictures and national flags can…
I think of religious diversity as a contemporary description. Historically it describes a newfound discovery of humanity across the ethnic, cultural and religious divide. I recently was sitting at an Interfaith gathering of the IFC. Far to my left was…
By David Dashifen Kees It was a beautiful day in July 2005 when I stood on the grounds of Southern Vermont College as my soon-to-be married partner, Megan, approached me in her wedding dress. To the casual observer, my wedding…
By Rev. Jay Moses I just got home from volunteering at the Interfaith Council of Metropolitan Washington’s table at the Pride festival today in DC. The Metro was surprisingly unproblematic and the weather was on “medium high” but I was…
By Hurunnessa Fariad I slept on one of those small child seats on a flight from Pakistan to New York City on Trans World Airlines. It was my first time to fly on a plane but (unfortunately) already my second…
By Sovaida Maani Ewing In a world that is buffeted by crises that assail it from all sides it is easy to succumb to despair. Yet, despair is probably the gravest of all the dangers we face given that it…
By Rev. Carole A Crumley Some years ago I was in a bicycle accident and broke my left leg at the knee. I went home from the hospital to spend the next six weeks on crutches. I had been accustomed…
By Bill Aiken, former IFC Board member My first encounter with the IFC was on an early spring evening in the mid-1990’s, when I attended a springtime interfaith dialogue organized by the IFC on the campus of Howard University. There…
By Mandana Dehghanian, IFC Board Member “I don’t know” was my response to my son, when he asked, “What happens when someone dies?” What happens after death? Where do we go? Are we just worm meal?” I don’t know. No…