Light for Everyone
The sun is low in the sky and the night-time gloom is deeper as the earth finishes its northern tilt away from the Sun. The light is golden and lovely when it shines through. It shines upon all of us no matter what wisdom tradition we are shaped by. It shines on us in whatever…
Winter Newsletter
Click HERE to read our Winter 2021 newsletter. A message from our Executive Director and thoughts on new priorities for multi-faith peacemaking by Michael Ramos, Director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle. Please consider making a contribution to our end-of-year fund drive. Donors receive the printed version of our biannual newsletter. DONATE HERE
A Better World for My Grandkids
I want my grandkids to live in a world where we aren’t afraid of each other. Doing interfaith work is one way to help that happen.
Standing with Muslim Neighbors in Mukilteo
We recently had a chance to sit down with PTU community partners Paul and Regina Ingram. We talked about their activities for multi-faith peacemaking in their hometown, Mukilteo, Washington. After a public fear campaign threatened to divide the community, Paths to Understanding staff supported community meetings to build relationships between Christian and Muslim neighbors. In…
A Moment of Gratitude and Courage
When we can prepare ourselves through prayer, meditation, conversation with friends, clergy, or therapists to engage our family with courage and gratitude we can invite them to recognize our deepest need: the need for a family that will stick by us. As they sense this need is met they have the possibility to relax. Then in a more calm state we can talk about our shared values and how we differ on some.
Practically Symbolic
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Touched by Women Luminaries
The abuse and marginalization of women and girls should be central to an interfaith understanding of violence and injustice that imperils cultures, countries and the world. Gender-equity ought not be a threat to religious norms.
A Day of Solidarity In Tacoma
In the last six years I have also learned that when people get off the sidelines and stand together with those impacted by violence, the cycle of violence can be interrupted. On Sunday people of all wisdom traditions stood with one another to uphold the human dignity of all and our aspirational constitutional value of freedom to pray or not pray as we wish.
Being Okay Doing What We Can
We may major in allyship with a few groups, but we can be supportive of many groups – and see the interconnections between them. We can still show up when other groups need us, even when it is beyond our field of study.