Faith Activity

Yesterday we had an interfaith discussion on faith where several different perspectives were represented. We ended up talking about lots of insteresting aspects of faith. For some people, faith was more of a cultural identity than necessarily having anything to do with God or belief in a set of specific doctrines. Others thought of faith as knowledge of things that aren't seen but are true. Topics of conversation ranged from the question of how do Christians balance their desire/commandment to proselyte or evangelize and practicing or learning in a secular setting. We also touched on a range of topics from Kosher laws, the difference between the term "Latter-day Saint" and "Mormon", and someone's personal journey from a more conservative Lutheran denomonation to a more liberal one. It was an excellent discussion (at least in my view) and I learned a lot. I'm sure the others there would say the same and I would be interested in hearing what they thought of the activity.

We would like to continue having events like this and we would like your input on how to make them better. What topics do you think would be interesting to discuss in an interfaith discussion? What questions have you wanted to ask someone of a different faith that you haven't been able to? What would motivate you to go to an interfaith discussion (food, schedule, topics, format, or otherwise)?

We would especially like to hear from people who may have felt like the last topic wasn't relevant or interesting to them. What types of topics would motivate you to attend an interfaith discussion?

Let us know by commenting on this post or e-mailing swinterfaithalliance@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at our next discussion!

Daniel Curtis
President of the Social Work Interfaith Alliance