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April 26, 2025 Workshop – Embodied Knowledges at Work: Exercising Indigenous Wisdom Essential for Responses to the Climate Crisis
The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council invites you to join us for a Kansas City Earth Festival workshop, “Embodied Knowledges at Work: Exercising Indigeneity, Indigenous Wisdom Essential for Responses to the Climate Crisis.” The workshop will discuss Indigeneity: Indigenous ingenuity and wisdom derived from millennia of careful mindfulness and attentiveness to place, as well as
VIDEO ~ Earth Day Forum: Faith, Hope & Action, 4-20-2024, Climate Action Groups
https://youtu.be/GHwIIpKUpoM?si=oRQjaPf3hyUQzW4W Climate Action Group Overviews Almost all of the world’s faith traditions hold sacred humanity’s relationship with creation. Scriptures urge us to care for nature, to see God’s grandeur and presence in creation, and to be thankful for the bounty God has given us. This forum will begin with presentations from Buddhist, Catholic,
VIDEO ~ Earth Day: Faith, Hope, and Action, 4-20-2024, Introduction & Panel
https://youtu.be/VZJxIPTcOsA?si=7aLRteh4-rjuGfc_ This video includes Introduction and Panel Presentations Almost all of the world’s faith traditions hold sacred humanity’s relationship with creation. Scriptures urge us to care for nature, to see God’s grandeur and presence in creation, and to be thankful for the bounty God has given us. This forum will begin with presentations
Seven Days Festival 2024
The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council members attended and participated in the “Seven Days” events marking the 10 years of overcoming hate by spreading kindness and understanding since the tragic events at the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom in Johnson County. Over 500 people attended the April 10 Seven Days Kindness Breakfast at the
Interfaith Holy Days
Need a Speaker?
Our Speakers Bureau is dedicated to building relationships within our community as part of the Council’s mission of growing a sustainable, pervasive culture of knowledge, respect, appreciation and trust amongst people of all faiths and religious traditions. GKCIC speakers are eager to share their knowledge of the Council’s work within the community as well as the principles of their personal understanding and experience of their faith traditions.
Interfaith Voices
Are Turnips a Spiritual Experience?
Before I answer the title question, I would refer you to Google. Just type in the word “turnip.” You will be confronted (some say dizzy or overwhelmed) by the information found there. OK, here goes: 122 grams of turnips contain 34 calories No fat, no cholesterol, no salt (sodium) 122 grams contain 233 grams (6%)
Learning the Stories of Others
When compared to Biblical Christianity, Biblical Judaism can at times look like a particularistic religion with limited global concerns. As someone who grew up in a Jewish home, where the words “righteous” and “gentile” were often joined together (in reference to heroes and heroines of the Holocaust) I was eager to learn about world religions
A Hindu Perspective
Deb Bhaduri In a pluralistic society it is important to have a platform where faith members can exchange their viewpoints on issues that affect society. We live in a world where the social dynamics are changing very rapidly and so an open exchange of ideas is key to our collective existence with