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…
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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…
By Rabbi Gerry Serotta, Former Executive Director, IFC This year 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the IFC Unity Walk. Living in Washington, DC, we sometimes take for granted that we can walk down a main thoroughfare of our…
From my perspective, faith based conversations, events and collaborations have almost always involved men making the decisions and setting the agenda. Majority of the time, women weren’t consulted or were considered lower tiered personnel who didn’t have a…
By Anne Golightly, IFC Board Member For nearly the past three years, as a member of the Temple Open House planning committee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I’ve been inviting people in the metro area to…
I am a practicing Sikh, mother of two young adults, and a MD based Montessori educator. Life’s Progress directed inner work has been a subject of perennial interest for me. We all are living a fast paced life…
Each generation has its moments of historical reckoning that we remember and will never forget. Think for a moment about the momentous events that defined your life. Where were you, and who were you, when the world changed? In the…
I will always remember what my mother told me before I started applying for my first internship. She said, “Izzy, a good internship provides you with experiences, lessons, and tools you’ll need to get a full-time gig in the future,…
Most mornings I wake up early with a spring in my step, and head to our local Gurdwara (Sikh Temple) with my son Harvi. When we arrive we start by washing our hands and taking our places six feet apart…
As a hospital chaplain I begin every morning in the neonatal ICU. There are the most precious newborns, many less than 2 pounds born prematurely struggling for life. Their bodies are breathtakingly small and one tries to…