Throughout the Christmas season, we helped organize and/or participated in various interfaith dialogue events. Some of them were between women’s groups as Christians and Muslims shared the story of Jesus’ birth. In others panelists responded to specific questions regarding their faith. Read this Religious Freedom USA blog post regarding one of those events. Following is … Continue reading
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Hijab is not for me, but it is for her.
We have ministered among Muslim peoples for twenty-five years. Upon arriving in Texas we set about to learn the context of Islam here. Make no mistake, the way we practice faith, whether Christianity or Islam, is affected by cultural context. So we set out to visit area mosques and visit places frequented by Muslims. For … Continue reading
Prayer in the Atlanta Airport
Several weeks ago, in route to Santiago, Chile to lead a spiritual formation retreat for our Chilean Baptist partners, I felt compelled to pray. All of the feelings consistent with leaving family for a week, visiting a new culture, and traveling at 35k feet for 9 hours weighed heavily on my heart; what’s more, I … Continue reading
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The Rabbi and The Preacher – The Power of Friendship (Wayne Martin)
They hit it off quite well when they first met years ago in South Florida…this rabbi and this preacher. It is not quite clear what drew the two clergymen to each other and it may matter only as a reminder of how unique this relationship was. Yet, it’s not your everyday occurrence that … Continue reading