Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Our Vision and Mission
We are a group of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian women who have been meeting since Fall of 2009.
We have experienced to our dismay people leaving all three religions. We wonder, is this in part because our Abrahamic traditions have been misrepresented, misused, and misunderstood throughout the world and historically? We gathered together to learn from practitioners of each faith what was actually her experience. We agreed that all respectful questions were welcome in this spontaneous spirit of inquiry. At the same time we recognize the importance of everyone feeling safe, but not always comfortable. Our many life activities/vocations include history professor, English professor, psychotherapist, pastor, Waldorf teacher, and media specialist. We dig deeply into our sacred texts as well as scholarly commentary. We were surprised by how our participation in the group, and our own personal studies in preparation for discussions, deepen our understanding of our own tradition, perhaps even more than we learn about one another. In presenting publicly each one's self growth has led us to even greater insights from audience questions. Our hope is that by opening this blog discussion globally we will attract an even wider diversity of interesting questions for discussion.
We will publish your replies that spark our most productive conversations.
We have experienced to our dismay people leaving all three religions. We wonder, is this in part because our Abrahamic traditions have been misrepresented, misused, and misunderstood throughout the world and historically? We gathered together to learn from practitioners of each faith what was actually her experience. We agreed that all respectful questions were welcome in this spontaneous spirit of inquiry. At the same time we recognize the importance of everyone feeling safe, but not always comfortable. Our many life activities/vocations include history professor, English professor, psychotherapist, pastor, Waldorf teacher, and media specialist. We dig deeply into our sacred texts as well as scholarly commentary. We were surprised by how our participation in the group, and our own personal studies in preparation for discussions, deepen our understanding of our own tradition, perhaps even more than we learn about one another. In presenting publicly each one's self growth has led us to even greater insights from audience questions. Our hope is that by opening this blog discussion globally we will attract an even wider diversity of interesting questions for discussion.
We will publish your replies that spark our most productive conversations.
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