Engaging the Moral Imagination
Charles Gibbs

In a world where each day is a tug of war between despair and hope, I’d like to tell an interfaith story of authentic hope. A story of extraordinary ordinary people. Of their vision and courage. A story of “building new tomorrows from the rubble of today.” This is a true story, except for the parts that haven’t happened yet.

Introducing Interfaith Activity in a School Setting

The URI global staff in San Francisco was recently invited to organize a workshop for college educators.  To open the workshop we chose to engage the participants in conversations about their own interfaith experiences at their schools. We wanted to understand the wisdom and perspectives already present in the room before presenting more information.

Idea for January 2007

Activity: Bridging Chasms - Creating Music and Sharing Songs

Herm Weaver is described by his friend John Paul Lederach, in the book “The Moral Imagination, The Art and Soul of Building Peace”  this way:  ) “he (Herm) embarked on a journey (for his PhD thesis) to take his music as seriously as he took his intellectual studies and to focus on music in the process of healing and reconciliation. In essence, he wrote songs and paid attention to how the creative process might be related to the process of healing.”¹

Dear Friends, 

Greetings of love and peace. 

As I write this, many Christians around the world are observing the season of Advent, a time of preparation and expectation for the birth of love and healing light into the world on Christmas.