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Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry
ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive actions; to model interfaith cooperation; and to break down barriers as we work together for justice, right relationships, an end to violence and care for the earth.
Weekly Events
Mondays, May 6, 13, 20 & 27 • 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Fresno River Zen Group meeting. Zen Center of Fresno, 922 N. Van Ness Ave. Fresno River Zen is guided by Rev. Myoan Grace Schireson, dharma heir …[Read the details]
Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry
ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive actions; to model interfaith cooperation; and to break down barriers as we work together for justice, right relationships, an end to violence and care for the earth.
Weekly Events
Sundays, April 7, 14, 21 & 28 • 10 a.m.–11 a.m.
Meditation. 7319 N. Fourth St. Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization. For more info, call 559-435-2212.
Sundays, April 7, 14, 21 & 28 • 10:15 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
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Compiled by Fresno Metro Ministry
ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive actions; to model interfaith cooperation; and to break down barriers as we work together for justice, right relationships, an end to violence and care for the earth.
Weekly Events
Sundays, March 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 • 10 a.m.–11 a.m.
Meditation. 7319 N. Fourth St. Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization. For more info, call 559-435-2212.
Sundays, March 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 • 10:15 …[Read the details]
By Leonard Adame
I didn’t like the statues, which to me were real people frozen forever. I wanted to know why they were in pain and crumpled, always looking down at me, the blame in their eyes making me guilty—but for what? All I’d done was steal a few cents from my sister’s purse, looked at my uncle’s nudist magazines once in a while and hid food I didn’t like behind the milk carton. Still, I felt I was guilty of more every time I passed beneath them, an emotion that helped me to somewhat understand martyrdom.
This didn’t …[Read the details]
By David E. Roy
David Roy
In the context of the firearm massacre of first graders and the intense debate about guns and mental health that has followed, it is important to bring attention to the fact that the Judeo-Christian tradition lands heavily on the side of nonviolence. This is the religious home of the vast majority of U.S. citizens.
For Christians, whose roots grow out of Judaism, the Jewish Bible is known as the Old Testament. The heart of this is the Torah, where one can find a couple of versions of what’s known …[Read the details]
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