Sacred Song Service to celebrate family of Abraham
The Sacred Song Service is usually a Christian program, but the rest of the Abrahamic family will share the Amphitheater…
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Now Generation’s Simmons initiates post-lecture discussion sessions for younger Chautauquans
The NOW Generation strives to include and engage young Chautauquans and families with a variety of programs. In that spirit, one young Chautauquan has taken the reins organizing a new event this summer.
Jacobsen aims to strengthen Abrahamic family ties
Jared Jacobsen and the Chautauqua community will celebrate that significance at Sunday’s Sacred Song Service at 8 p.m. in the Amphitheater. The service’s theme is “Strengthening Ties in the Family of Abraham.”
Chautauqua marks Ramadan’s end with Eid al-Fitr celebration
Smith Wilkes Hall came alive on Tuesday evening as the sun began to set.
Franklin pushes devotion, diversity at Trustees Porch Discussion
The Rev. Robert Franklin remembers the exact instant his life veered into spiritual territory.
APYA builds friendships and breaks bubbles
Growth, exposure, inclusion and bubble bursting. These are just some of the things this year’s four Abrahamic Program for Young Adults coordinators are hoping to get out of their summer at Chautauqua Institution.
Muslim? There’s an app for that: APYA’s Bayat explains offerings available in app stores that cater to Islamic audience
There seems to be a smartphone app for everything these days — social media, weather forecasts and even an app that shows the exact direction of Mecca. And that’s just one of the many apps that are made specifically for Muslims.
APYA coordinators reflect on relationship between evil and suffering and God
If there is anything that regularly challenges belief in God, it’s the existence of the ungodly. Evil and suffering have been frequent visitors to Chautauqua Institution, both as topics of discussion — for example, during the Interfaith Lecture Series’ week on emancipation — and as experiential realities. While some may think otherwise, Chautauqua isn’t paradise; evil and suffering happen here every day.
Sacred Song to illustrate oases of Abrahamic faiths
The Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are the focus of this Sunday’s 8 p.m. Sacred Song Service in the Amphitheater. The four coordinators of the Abrahamic Program for Young Adults will weave together their faith traditions to tell the story of Abraham.
WATCH: Weekly Jum’a service provides opportunity for learning, discussion
Jawad Bayat’s mouth is parched. He’s standing at the front of the Hall of Christ, shoes off, facing Mecca.
It’s Ramadan, and he can’t eat or drink until dark. [w/ VIDEO]
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