Edelman to discuss ending child poverty
There are 14.7 million American children living in poverty — a fact that Children’s Defense Fund founder and president Marian…
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Franklin finds new ways to deepen spiritual life, bring new faces
Looking back on his first season as director of the Department of Religion, the Rev. Robert Franklin is tired. Tired, but happy and full of plans for the future.
Chautauqua Dialogues delve into civil discourse
A mishmash of Chautauquans — some veterans of the Institution, some first-timers; some older, some in college; some Christian, some atheist — sit in a circle in the basement library of the Everett Jewish Life Center.
Clergy Leadership Program seeks to work beyond congregations
Chautauqua Institution’s Department of Religion will seek out pastors this fall for a leadership program committed to bringing their work beyond their congregations.
Chautauqua marks Ramadan’s end with Eid al-Fitr celebration
Smith Wilkes Hall came alive on Tuesday evening as the sun began to set.
Mystic Heart sessions to focus on Sikhism, ‘path to problem solving’
Subagh Singh Khalsa’s teacher, Yogi Bhajan, told him that, when faced with a dilemma, a person should be able to come up with a decision in the amount of time it takes to draw three breaths.
Jum’ah prayer promotes Islamic education and community
Instruments are not allowed to be a part of Jum’ah, but they are not needed. Kaiser Aslam’s voice was uplifted and transformed into its own musical organ as the azaan resonated through the Hall of Christ.
Breen leads Mettã meditation, universal practice for all faiths
As a Unitarian Universalist, Buddhist meditator and Hindu yoga practitioner, the Rev. Lena Breen jokingly calls herself a “Buu-huu — a Buddhist, Hindu, U.U.”
Chittister explores role of public intellectual in just democracy
In the time of the “talking point,” public intellectuals are more essential than ever, according to Sister Joan Chittister.
Franklin pushes devotion, diversity at Trustees Porch Discussion
The Rev. Robert Franklin remembers the exact instant his life veered into spiritual territory.
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