It all started with an invitation to Friday night iftar at the home of a Muslim friend. Iftar is the evening meal that breaks the daily Ramadan fast for …
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Quick…Think of a Word that Rhymes with Dzikr!
Finding a rhyming word for "dzikr" was going to be difficult since I wasn’t even sure how to pronounce it. It turns out that spelling it isn’t straight-forward …
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Taking in the Wild Goose
Crap. A festival. I’m not a festival kind of gal. In fact, my teenaged daughter counts this as a major parenting defect. I have taken her to Indonesia, Peru, …
My Morning at Great Tree Zen Temple — Great for Kids, Too!
I was going to be rushed. In some ways, I’m always in a rush. It's a common by-product of the American dream – 2 kids, 2 cars, 2 careers, a house, a husband, a …
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What the Heck is a Cosmic Mass?
A couple of weeks ago, I attended my second cosmic mass. Both were held at Jubilee! Community church here in Asheville. In some ways they were similar; in other …
Interfaith Ramadan — with Sarah Ager
Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, begins at the end of this month, on the evening of June 28. From dawn until sunset, observing Muslims refrain from eating …
Multifaith Mashup: Storms
Apparently, Americans are uniquely obsessed with the weather. The National Weather Service has 121,000 Twitter followers and a web site that offers weather …
Multifaith Mashup: Return, Remind, Reconsider
A few weeks ago, I spent the morning at Great Tree Zen Temple just outside Asheville, NC. I wasn’t expecting to be thinking about Islam as I sat through a …
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Prophets and Potluck
We started with Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, and Yunus. We ended with falafel, tzatziki, a casserole, and lots of pita bread. The folks in our Qur’an study group finally …
Naughty Nuns
Naughty nuns are in the news quite a bit these days. We’re somehow attracted to women in habits found in slightly improper or undignified situations. Hollywood …