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Interfaith Jewish Weddings
When couples plan an interfaith wedding, there are bigger concerns than just the flower arrangements. Here are some issues to consider as you plan your special day.
interfaith wedding • jewish wedding • wedding planning • interfaith couple • jewish tradition

Reclaiming W/holy Ignorance
In light of interfaith problems worldwide, what is required is not an abandonment of religious principles, but an embracing of them as a step toward interfaith solutions.
holy ignorance • wholeness • interfaith problems • interfaith solutions • spirituality

The Interfaith Wedding Ceremony: Part 2
The most difficult step in planning an interfaith wedding ceremony is determing where it will be held and who will officiate. This article includes some helpful links to get you started.

Defining Your Relationship: What Does Interfaith Mean?
I approached my own interfaith relationship with a naivete as to the challenge it would present me. Being prepared to answer the tough questions and to share with your partner your thoughts as well as your love will make all the difference.

Interfaith Presents Caregiver Conference
Interfaith of The Woodlands, Texas, presents a workshop "Unraveling the Mystery of Caregiving" providing resources and skills for family members who care for loved ones.
interfaith caregiver conference • family member caregivers • caregiver resources • caring for family members • caregiver conference

Who Is Likely to Intermarry?
While there has been speculation that there is a type of person predisposed to intermarry, we cannot assume that all interfaith couples fit this narrow description.

Interfaith Dialogue
Interfaith dialogue is a hot topic in many church circles today, but such discussions often generate more heat than light.
interfaith dialogue • dialogue with persons of other faiths • multifaith communities • asian rural institute • christian-muslim dialogue

Interfaith Group Meets With Intent
Negative media attention about Israelis and Palestinians keeps the existence and accomplishments of the courageous Interfaith Encounter Association a well-kept secret.
israel • israelis • palestinians • muslim • bahai

Interfaith Hosts SOS (Serving Our Seniors) Day
Every spring, Interfaith of The Woodlands, a planned community north of Houston, hosts Intergenerational Day of Service to the senior community and teens make it happen.
service to senior community • serving our seniors day • sos day • interfaith hosts integenerational day of service • interfaith volunteers

The Interfaith Wedding Ceremony: Part 3
How to process, where to stand and what music to use are typical issues that most interfaith couples overlook at first - not realizing that the answers to these questions are very different in each religious tradition.

The Interfaith Wedding Ceremony; Part 1
Dealing with the many opinions that go into planning a wedding can be quite stressful. This goes double for an interfaith wedding if you don't have a plan.

Annual Multi-Faith Peace Pilgrimage
The annual Multi-faith pilgrimage takes place in London, organised by Westminster Interfaith. Walking and talking together, the pilgrims visit various places of worship.
pilgrimage • peace • interfaith • catholic • sikh

Queen Rania's YouTube Channel
Queen Rania of Jordan seeks to dispel myths about Islam and Arabs through an interactive dialog on her own YouTube channel.
queen rania • jordan • youtube • middle east • muslims

Forming Holiday Traditions
An exploration of the issues involved in attempting to celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah this holiday season.
judaism • christmas • hanukkah • interfaith celebrations

My First Hanukkah
Preparations for my first Hanukkah ever, including my Christian husband's reaction.
hanukkah • holiday tradition • interfaith • jewish • christian

Unitarian Universalism - A Compromise for Many
Why the Unitarian Universalist church my be the answer many interfaith couples are seeking.
unitarian universalism • interfaith

Speaking Each Other's Language
Being involved in an interfaith relationship, requires us to learn an entirely new language while addressing the faith of our partners.

Good-bye John Paul
short tribute to John Paul II with links to other tributes on the internet, quoting a passage from his book, Crossing the Threshold of Hope.
john paul ii • interfaith relations • nostra aetate • holocaust • poland

Finding Similarities among the Differences
Because many people tend to emphasize the differences among the partners in interfaith relationships, the common ground often goes unnoticed.

Baby Naming Ceremony
This practical outline for a Baby Naming shows how to involve grandparents, godparents and siblings in a meaningful ceremony to celebrate the arrival of the child.
baby naming • new baby • grandparents • godparents • alternative christening

Prayers for Pets
Pets go through tough times, just like people. The following interfaith prayers invite God to care for pets during difficult times and to celebrate the good times.
interfaith prayers for pets • thanksginving for a new pet • prayer for a sick pet • god and pet care • praying for pets

Religion in the Workplace
Religious differences can be complicated, particularly in the workplace. Add diverse beliefs and there's a recipe for disaster.
religion at work • religion in the workplace • interfaith office • faith at work • religion

Religious Leaders in UN Unite for Global Peace
This must be long overdue. Leaders of the United Nations are pulling their efforts together to include all nations and religions to the journey to achieve world peace.
peace keeping efforts • religious and world leaders • global peace movement • setting up of the inter-faith council • heavily indebted countries

San Francisco's Grace Cathedral
With its stone labyrinths and towering spires, Grace Cathedral welcomes visitors from around the world to pray, view art, listen to music, and savor the serenity.
grace cathedral • san francisco • san francisco's grace cathedral • gothic • french gothic

Ancient nature consciousness, part 1: Druidism
In our era it is increasingly difficult to address environmental issues without some meaningful discussion of spirituality. There is much to be learned from the beliefs and practices of people who lived closer to the Earth and were more directly attuned to its moods and powers.
ancient • nature • consciousness • druidism • death

I-11 Vayigash Do you have a Father?
The famine spreads for two years. Jacob sends his sons to return to Egypt to bargain for supplies. He sends Benjamin under the protection of Judah. Judah meets the Vizier and confronts him with the past, "Do you have a father?" Reconciliation is achieved through confrontation. Links to external parasha and resources are provided with a definition of teshuvah / repentance
vayigash • vayyigash • vayigash • book of moses • story of joseph

I-12 Vayechi Ephraim and Manasseh
Parasha Vayechi ends the First Book of Moses with the Blessing of Jacob on his children. Joseph brings his two sons to Jacob for his final blessing. Jacob switches hands, blessing the younger, Ephraim with his right hand and Manasseh with his left. The Blessing of Jacob provides the spiritual inheritance of Israel. Includes links for further study.
manasseh • menashe • ephraim • bereshit • breishit

II-3 Bo Locust Fly From Here
Negotiations between Moses and Pharaoh continue: The last three plagues, Locusts, Darkness and Death of the Firstborn, descend upon the terrified Egyptians. Pharaoh temporarily relents when his son dies. The Israelites get ready to shift as they celebrate their first Passover. Israel's redemption appears through the darkness settling over the land. Darkness sympbolizes spiritual blindness, the despair of an enslaved people or those overburdened by the injustice of the world.
shemot • shmot • shmos • parasha • parsha

II-4 Beshelach In Over My Head
With the last three plagues, Pharaoh finds his power limited. Regretfully he lets the Israelites go in his grief for his own son, struck down by the last plague of death. The Israelites move out en masse with a pillar of cloud leading them into the wilderness. Morning breaks and the Pharaoh assembles his army for revenge. Within a short time, a cry goes up in the Israelite camp, "Were it not better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness?" Caught between the Egyptian armies and the sea before them, the Israelites give into despair. Moses stretches his hand over the sea and it parts opening a path for an oppressed people to become a nation on the other side.
beshelach • beshalach • shmot • shemos • moses

II-5 Yisro The Man at the Top
Jethro comes to meet the Israelites camping under Mt Sinai.When he arrives in the camp, he discovers a strange thing. Moses is sitting outside his tent arbitrating the complaints of the Israelites. One man; six hundred thousand complaints. "What's this?" asks Jethro as he scans the long line of would-be complainers. Jethro advises Moshe in how to set up a legal system with upper and lower courts that are accessible by the common meat-grinder. Later, Moshe ascends the mountain and returns bringing the Ten Commandments to the Children of Israel, establishing the basis of the social system, giving equal space for divine and human relationships.
shemot • shmos • exodus • old testament • bible studies

II-6 Mishpatim The Value of Life:
The Ten Commandments are concerned with man's relationship with God and man's relationship with fellow man. Mishpatim contains social laws regarding compensation for loss: inflicted loss on personal properties, damages caused by public hazards and neglect; damages inflicted by the person himself and failure to contain or restrict potential damage. Mishpatim includes social, religious, financial, criminal and family laws. Interpretation of Mishpatim is in the Talmud Tractate, Nizikin, divided into Bava Kamma, Bava Metzria and Bava Batra. The heart of the law is to live in harmony with one's fellow man.
mishpatim • laws • exodus • shemot • shemos

II-9 Ki Thissa A Golden Opportunity
The instructions for the Mishkan and priestly garments hve been given in Terumah and Tetzaveh. Moses returns up the mountain for another Torah Training Seminar, but is absent thirty nine days. The natives are restless. Children without a leader, they turn to Aaron, second-n-command, for creating the Golden Calf. Moses on the mountaintop gets a directive to return. Seeing the ongoing festivities, he breaks the tablets before confronting the cuprits. later he confronts the ire of God and argues for his people. Ki Tissa includes the instructions for incense, the laver, the Law of the Shekel and continuation of Terumah and Tetzaveh in ritual worship.
shmot • shemos • exodus • moses • ki thissa

What's in a Name - papa Benedict XVI
A reflection on the name, Benedict, taken by Josef Ratzinger when he ascended the chair of St Peter and how it might relate to Jews and Judaism. Links to articles regarding his visit to the Cologne Synagogue, the papal encyclical, Brennender Sorge, and his namesake Benedict and Benedictines given.
benedict xvi • benedict • st bernard of claivaux • holocaust • catholic-jewish relations

Carol Ritberger, NDE Experiencer
Carol Ritberger's story is one of a near-death experience that changed a no-nonsense thinker into someone willing to accept the unthinkable and, to others, unbelievable.
carol ritberger • nde • near death experience • medical intuitive • spiritual matters

Gephardt Rescinds Appointment of American Muslim
Article on Gephardt's withdrawal of his appointment of MPAC's Salam Al-Marayati to the counterterrorism commission, to the shock and dissapointment of Arab and Muslim organizations and others.
salam al-marayati • counterterrorism • gephardt • muslim • arab

Pies on Parade in Rockland Maine
Rockland Maine celebrates pies in a big way. For two Sundays in January, the 14 & 21st, the Historic Inns of Rockland will host the 3rd annual Pies on Parade.
pies on parade • rockland maine • historic inns of rockland • berry manor house • captain lindsey house

Celebrants Create Unique Weddings
Celebrants write, create and perform personal, unique wedding ceremonies
unique weddings • ceremonies • vows • celebrants • bridal

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