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Some Graces from the Week: Worship, Forgiveness, Justice, & Religious Pluralism
Posted by Wallace+
Before heading into the weekend, I wanted to make note of a few more things that caught my attention this week:
The RTD had an exquisite and poignant piece on forgiveness, "The Sweet Sound." "Grace amazes and abounds." Indeed. And, perhaps the strongest line in the piece," He is also a human being..." Amen.
The New York Times had a very readable and interesting profile on the rabbi who presided at the Clinton wedding this week. The line that will stay with me is where he calls Shabbat (the Sabbath) "the pivot of my life." That is fantastic. I'll be quoting him.
Also in the New York Times, an editorial, entitled "Marriage Is a Constitutional Right," is superb. Justice has turned a corner. (Of course there are many corners still to turn.)
And, lastly, on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart's interview of Akbar Ahmed was fascinating (click on the image below to watch the segment).
Ahmed has recently published Journey into America: The Challenge of Islam. Ahmed spoke about, among other things, the Founding Fathers' respect for religious pluralism. John Adams called Mohammed "one of the greatest truth seekers of history," and Benjamin Franklin called him a "model of compassion." And Jefferson, as is well known, had his own copy of the Qur'an.
Ahmed also talked about "bringing the temperature down" through education and through our (i.e., Americans of different faiths) getting to know one another better. Amen, amen.
Let us pray for peace and understanding. Let us pray for the human family.
Tags: akbar ahmed, interfaith, new york times, richmond times dispatch, same-sex marriage, the daily show
