The Interfaith Council is on a role. Our conversation last Tuesday night was one of the most interesting and informative discussions we have ever had. First off, we had a great presentation about Sikhism from Jasneet and Angad and learned everything about Sikhism from Kirpans to Kacheta. Our topic of discussion was "Words of Power". At the beginning of the meeting, we each wrote two or three words or phrases that meant something to us according to our faith tradition on small pieces of paper, folded them, and threw them all on a plastic plate. We took turns taking one piece off the paper and reading it, saying what the word meant to us, and trying to guess which tradition it came from. Some of the words we discussed were:
Compassion
Unconditional Love
G-d is Greater
Devotion
Presence
Awareness
The most powerful thing we found was that it was hard to guess the traditions the words came from because most of them related in some way to all or many faiths. Great job everyone! This week, we will be hearing our Face to Faith on Non-Denominational Christianity from Emanuel and discussing how our traditions deal with death. Just in time for Halloween :) See you Tuesday!
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