INTERFAITH Today - Special October Issue
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INTERFAITH Today - Special October Issue
5/17/2014 INTERFAITH Today - Special October Issue To view online version, click on the link. Online version. You're receiving this email because of your interest in the journal of INTERFAITH Today. You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. INTERFAITH Today is on the leading edge of Interfaith communication and education to the world community. October 2010 Table of Contents Rabbi Gelberman's Legacy Father of Interfaith Movement Dies at 98 Memorial Reflections AWA Annual Conference Update Reader Survey Book Excerpt: Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism Ministry in Prisons INTERFAITH Today Interview Spotlight on Price Edward Island WELCOME... This is the Table of Contents to the newest edition of INTERFAITH Today. Each article is previewed here, with a link to the complete article, which is located on the INTERFAITH Today website. From each article, you can return to the Table of Contents to continue reading through the articles. Volume 2 - Issue 3 Rabbi Gelberman's Legacy and Sacred Activism By Rev. R.M.Peluso Life happens; plans change. The current issue of Interfaith Today was scheduled to cover the many faces of Sacred Activism. But the passing of a spiritual giant like Rabbi Joseph H. Gelberman forces us to pause and reflect. Let me start with profound gratitude. Were it not for Rabbi's foundational work, I would not be editing an Interfaith journal or serving on the staff of The Interfaith Temple or performing sacred ceremonies. Because someone had to hatch the idea of Interfaith. World history was ripe. A survivor of a calamity healed himself then turned to heal the world. Tikkun olam. Repairing the world. A Kabbalistic concept the Rabbi was to take from the small canvas of everyday acts to be painted large through the lives of the thousands he would touch. One-on-one, Rabbi was a quiet, cheerful, centered presence. In front of a group, he moved people to tears, laughter, to sing, to dance. Above all, he urged us to live fearlessly, to love unconditionally, to always be joyous, to greet each day with enthusiasm, to be inspired and inspire others. His insistence on these principles led him to reach out, to join with people of all faiths, all races, all nationalities, unconditionally, because, he would remind us, if you believe we have one God, one father, then we are all sisters and brothers. Such simple words shatter the illusion of duality and "other." Once we take this concept to heart, we are moved to compassion and to work for justice and human dignity. So the examples of Sacred Activism that we introduce in this issue are https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1103781837941&format=html&print=true 1/4 5/17/2014 INTERFAITH Today - Special October Issue Greetings from INTERFAITH Today! INTERFAITH Today is an e-journal and leading edge of the educational outreach of A World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy (AWA). Our mission is to present and represent all aspects of the interfaith vision while providing professional support to the ever-growing body of ordained interfaith ministers. This forum is also intended to reach other interested persons, seminaries, religious bodies, and other groups and organizations. INTERFAITH Today is included with each year's membership dues to A World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy. Anyone may donate by clicking "Donate to INTERFAITH Today." For suggestions, comments, ideas, articles, contact our Editor- inChief, Rev. R.M. Peluso. To place advertising or to request INTERFAITH Today for yourself or someone else, contact Rev. Paul Hertel. Enjoy INTERFAITH Today! Rev. Paul Hertel Publisher, INTERFAITH Today offspring of great spiritual teachers. Because of Rabbi Gelberman, Jon Mundy, Fr. Giles Spoonhour, Swami Satchadananda and other leaders, YOUR life has changed. And we, in the many ways spirit moves us to minister, will change the lives of millions. Rabbi Joseph H. Gelberman, Father of the Interfaith Movement, Dies at 98 Rabbi Joseph Hayyim Gelberman, the "New Yorker Rebbe," a Modern Hasidic Rabbi, " in the way of Martin Buber", and Father of the Interfaith movement, died on September 9, 2010 in New York City. He was 98. Born on April 27, 1912 in Nagyecsed, Hungary to parents, David and Esther, Joseph was the ninth of seventeen children. His . . . MORE -> Memorial Reflections of Rabbi Gelberman Thank you, Rabbi! When we were on our first year retreat . . . MORE -> With Love When I found the New Seminary and . . . MORE -> The Rabbi's Pants The Rabbi's sweat pants are blue and have. . . MORE -> Rabbi Gelberman and AWA The editor of INTERFAITH Today wrote that she wouldn't . . . MORE -> AWA Annual Conference A World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy (AWA) is excited to announce many of our new programs at our Annual Conference, November 1214 at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut.Rekindle that energy and excitement by coming to the conference Stay for the weekend or just for the day.Rekindle that energy and excitement by coming to the conference Stay for the weekend or just for the day.. . . MORE -> INTERFAITH Today Reader Survey Our last issue of INTERFAITH Today was designed to involve YOU. We want to hear from you. We want to know what YOU might want to https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1103781837941&format=html&print=true 2/4 5/17/2014 INTERFAITH Today - Special October Issue write, or, more importantly, what you might want to read. To that end we had constructed a few questions and . . . MORE -> Ten Things You Can Do Right Now to Become a Sacred Activist By Andrew Harvey , excerpt Let me offer you ten things you can do right now, or within the next twenty-four hours, to start to align yourself with the power and hope of sacred activism. The first six will invite you into deep, nourishing, connection with your spirit; the last four will help you express the compassion and joy this connection awakens in you in . . . MORE -> Unlocking the Hearts of the Prisoners: Ministry in Prisons Anyone in pastoral work will agree that one of the greatest rewards is to witness the light of hope ignite in the heart of an individual who might have remained lost without lovingly supportive words chosen specifically for them. Witnessing this rare moment of epiphany, when the light of the Divine . . . MORE -> Interview with Perri Birney, Author of Pure Vision: The Magdalene Revelation IT: Let me tell you, from the outset, that I loved your book and couldn't put it down. UnlikeThe Da Vinci Code, which is in a similar genre, your novel was a spiritual page-turner, that truly had me "lusting after" -- if that makes sense -- the next spiritual thrill. The effect was striking. Angelina: Thank you. That's what we . . . MORE -> Spotlight on Prince Edward Island, Canada Support, warmth, and acceptance are the hallmarks of the Open International Interfaith Ministry (OIIM) with headquarters based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (PEI). OIIM is led by the husband and wife team of Rev. Barry and Rev. Sandi King, who have been working in the field of interfaith ministry for over twenty-five years. . . . MORE -> https://ui.constantcontact.com/visualeditor/visual_editor_preview.jsp?agent.uid=1103781837941&format=html&print=true 3/4 5/17/2014 INTERFAITH Today - Special October Issue Forward email This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected] | Update Profile/Email Address | Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribeâ„¢ | Privacy Policy. 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