In this essay from my personal blog, I reflect on a “Hidden Word” from Bahá’u'lláh and its meaning for me as I join other staff at the United Religions Initiative Global Council meeting. (Personal reflections and editorials in keeping with the URI Charter are welcome here from any member of the United Religions Initiative.)
Kay Lindahl just sent me word about this beautiful Green Rule poster from Faith & the Common Good in Toronto. From their website:
“Faith & the Common Good derived the Green Rule poster from the classic Golden Rule found in major faith traditions. For the Green Rule we are paraphrasing the Golden Rule by saying: ‘Do unto the Earth as you would have it do unto you.’ Though just a tiny sampling of the written and oral riches exclaiming the beauty and holiness of the natural world, the Green Rules were chosen to demonstrate that each religion and spiritual philosophy has a long-standing tradition of ecological stewardship.”
The green rule poster and resources on “Renewing the Sacred Balance” can be ordered online.
Building the Interfaith Youth Movement is a new book edited by Dr. Eboo Patel and Dr. Patrice Brodeur. Eboo is the Executive Director of the Interfaith Youth Core; Patrice is Canada Research Chair on Islam, Pluralism, and Globalization at the University of Montreal. The book features a forward from the Pluralism Project’s Diana Eck.
From the publisher’s description:
Violence committed by religious young people has become a regular feature of our daily news reports. What we hear less about are the growing numbers of religious young people from all faith backgrounds who are committed to interfaith understanding and cooperation. Building the Interfaith Youth Movement is the first book to describe this important phenomenon. Contributions include concrete descriptions of various interfaith youth projects across the country—from an arts-program in the South Bronx to a research program at Harvard University to a national organization called the Interfaith Youth Core based in Chicago—written by the founders and leaders of those initiatives. Additional chapters articulate the theory and methodology of this important new movement. This book is a must-read for college chaplains, religious leaders who work with youth, and students and scholars of contemporary religion.