Today is Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting, prayer and charity for Muslims. Greet your Muslim friends with a joyous “Eid Mubarak!” meaning “Happy Eid and Blessed Celebrations!”
The festival of Vesak is one of the most important holidays celebrated by Buddhists all over the world. Known as Vesak in the Theravada Buddhist tradition or Saga Dawa, in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. It is celebrated on the full moon in the month of Vesakha which occurs during the spring months in the western
As I think of this article about Ramadan, my first thoughts are not positive ones because it brings memories of discrimination that I faced as a child while growing up. It was Ramadan 1972 in Willingboro, New Jersey. I was in the sixth grade, something happened that altered how I thought of myself. My cousins
Growing up Easter was one of my favorite holidays because we celebrated it twice! As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we celebrated Easter in ways similar to many in the United States. We participated in the secular Easter traditions by dying hard-boiled eggs, carefully placing them in baskets, only
World Labyrinth Day is celebrated every year on the first Saturday in May, which this year is May 1. The international event, begun by the World Labyrinth Society in 2009, is expected to attract around 5,000 participants visiting sites in some 35 countries. Most participants will “Walk as One at 1” by walking a labyrinth
Join us online for "Ecumenical and Interfaith History in Greater Kansas City: Celebrating the Past and Envisioning the Future" February 21st, 2021 at 2pm CDT In honor of UN World Interfaith Harmony Week, join us for a celebratory and retrospective look at the history of ecumenical and interfaith work in Greater Kansas City over the past 100 years.
The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council joins the many voices in condemning the recent unprecedented attack on our nation's Capitol Building that resulted in the death of five individuals and many others suffering injuries. As members of an interfaith council, so many of our forebears suffered due to baseless hatred and violent acts. Each of
Two weeks into “stay at home” orders in Kansas City, and I was adjusting to homeschooling. I looked forward to literature days. I could help with that easily. My daughter handed me a poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” by Langston Hughes. Her class was having a lesson in allusion. I had never heard of
If you knew Steve Jeffers, you know why I wish we could hear his voice as COVID-19 disturbs the world. Readers unfamiliar with him will want to know that each year the Council presents an award named for him. The Rev. Steven L. Jeffers, PhD, founded and directed the Institute for Spirituality in Health at
Recognizing that climate change is a threat to the existence of all of humanity and that it requires immediate action from people of all faiths, the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council organized a Virtual Forum titled, “Faiths’ Call for Climate Action,”which took place the week before Earth Day on April 16th. We chose to hold
