Thursday, July 31, 2014

Aug. 1 Tip: How the Internet Can Put you to Sleep (if you have trouble sleeping)

Aug. 1 Tip: How the Internet Can Put you to Sleep (if you have trouble sleeping)

(The August 1 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000003024893/a-guide-to-asmr-on-the-internet.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=video-player-region&region=video-player-region&WT.nav=video-player-region

Whispering, rustling paper and tapping fingers — more than 2.6 million videos on YouTube are designed to trigger a little-known phenomenon called autonomous sensory meridian response, or A.S.M.R.

July 31 Tip: Watch Powerful Excerpts from Last Week's Interfaith Iftar Dinner

Watch Powerful Excerpts from Last Week's Interfaith Iftar Dinner

(The July 31 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://vimeopro.com/humankind/interfaith-paths-to-peace

Last week 430 people from a wide variety of nations, cultures, races, religions and ages came together at Second Presbyterian Church for a free interfaith Iftar dinner. Enjoy excerpts from the dinner program.


Wednesday, July 30, 2014

August 2 Tip: Experience Krishna Das live at the Grammys

Experience Krishna Das live at the Grammys

(The August 2 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7X_lr6HZmo&feature=em-subs_digest-ctrl-vrecs

Krishna Das and friends sing "Narayana (For Your Love)" from his album "Heart as Wide as the World" at the 55th Grammy awards pre-ceremony - where he was nominated for best New Age Album for "Live Ananda."


Tuesday, July 29, 2014

July 30 Tip: Find the answer to the question: Is poetry dead?

Find the answer to the question: "Is poetry dead?"

(The July 30 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://nyti.ms/1l5MFhZ

The abrupt resignation this month of the North Carolina poet laureate prompts a question: Who are these poets, and what do they do?

Monday, July 28, 2014

July 29 Tip: Learn about "Essentialism"

From NPR: Learn about "Essentialism"

(The July 29 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Greg McKeown doesn't believe in having it all or doing it all. In his new book Essentialism, he argues that we should pursue only those things that are truly important — and eliminate everything else....

http://www.npr.org/2014/07/26/334038029/lessons-in-essentialism-getting-more-out-of-life-by-doing-less?sc=17&f=1008&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

Sunday, July 27, 2014

July 28 Tip: See the Film "Life Itself" about Film Critic Roger Ebert

See the Film "Life Itself" about Film Critic Roger Ebert (now playing at Village 8)

(The July 28 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.magpictures.com/lifeitself/

Acclaimed director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) along with executive producers Martin Scorsese (The Departed) and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball) present LIFE ITSELF, a film that recounts the inspiring, entertaining and colorful life of world-renowned film critic Roger Ebert--a story that is by turns personal, funny, moving and transcendent. Based on his bestselling memoir of the same name, LIFE ITSELF, explores Roger Ebert's legacy--his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism at the Chicago Sun-Times, his turn as screenwriter of BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, his on and off screen relationship with Gene Siskel, all culminating in his ascension as one of the most influential cultural voices in America. 




Saturday, July 26, 2014

July 27 Tip: View Ted Talk about Really Cool Sculptures

View Ted Talk about Really Cool Sculptures

(The July 27 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.ted.com/talks/shih_chieh_huang_sculptures_that_d_be_at_home_at_the_bottom_of_the_ocean?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2014-07-19&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=top_right_button

When he was young, artist Shih Chieh Huang loved taking toys apart and browsing the aisles of night markets in Taiwan for unexpected objects. Today, this TED Fellow creates madcap sculptures that seem to have a life of their own—with eyes that blink, tentacles that unfurl and parts that light up like bioluminescent sea creatures

Friday, July 25, 2014

July 26 Tip: Be Part of Tomorrow Morning's Prayers for World Peace with Tibetan Monks

Be Part of Tomorrow Morning's Prayers for World Peace with Tibetan Monks

(The July 26 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Interfaith Prayer for World Peace

Sunday, July 27, 8 – 9:00 am at the Big Four Walking Bridge

Co-sponsored by Interfaith Paths to Peace

Together we send prayers for compassion and world peace!  This unique event, which will take place on the Walking Bridge over the Ohio River, will be led by 14 visiting Tibetan Buddhist monks from India, and be joined by representatives from religious traditions and justice organizations from around Louisville. All are welcome!        
    
INFO:  www.drepunggomangusa.com or call 619-1652

July 25 Tip: Attend Tibetan Cultural Programs Today and Tomorrow

Attend Tibetan Cultural Programs Today and Tomorrow

(The July 25 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Tibetan Momo Dinner
and Cultural Performance
Friday, July 25, 6 - 8pm
at DGI, 411 N. Hubbards Lane, 40207
    6:00 pm       Tibetan Momo Dinner – great Tibetan dumplings and food that will make you happy
    7:00 pm       Tibetan Cultural Pageant with the yak dance, chant, debate, unique Tibetan cultural elements           
Cost for dinner and pageant:  $20, $10 for children 12/under; Dinner or Cultural Pageant only: $10 adults, $5 for children
           
Tibetan Culture Day with Arts Workshops and Fun
Saturday, July 26, 10 – 2pm
at DGI, 411 N. Hubbards Lane, 40207
Be part of a Tibetan experience!  Try your hand at creating a Butter Sculpture, painting a Mani Stone, making a sand mandala and more!  Learn about Tibetan culture, meditation, and stories.  Educational and fun. Tibetan food and merchandise for sale including  jewelry, singing bowls, clothes, malas, bags – come see!
Prices for everyone.  Donations are gratefully received.  Funds raised provide food, healthcare and educations for over 1800 Tibetan Buddhist monks living and studying at the Drepung Gomang Monastery in India.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

July 24 Tip: Attend tonight's Human Rights for Tibet Solidarity Walk

Attend tonight's Human Rights for Tibet Solidarity Walk

(The July 24 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Drepung-Gomang-Institute/113596632013661

Human Rights for Tibet Solidarity Walk
Join the March – Thursday,  July 24, 7 – 8:30pm – Across the Big Four Walking Bridge         
Join Tibetan friends to raise awareness about the profound human rights abuses happening in Tibet at all times.  Learn the history and consider what you can do to make a difference.  Come out and support the visiting Tibetan Buddhist monks, many of whom had to escape from Tibet in order to study without censure. 

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

July 23 Tip: Learn How Americans Feel About Religious Groups

From Pew Research: Learn How Americans Feel About Religious Groups

(The July 23 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.pewforum.org/2014/07/16/how-americans-feel-about-religious-groups/

Jews, Catholics and evangelical Christians are viewed warmly by the American public. When asked to rate each group on a “feeling thermometer” ranging from 0 to 100 – where 0 reflects the coldest, most negative possible rating and 100 the warmest, most positive rating – all three groups receive an average rating of 60 or higher (63 for Jews, 62 for Catholics and 61 for evangelical Christians). And 44% of the public rates all three groups in the warmest part of the scale (67 or higher).
Buddhists, Hindus and Mormons receive neutral ratings on average, ranging from 48 for Mormons to 53 for Buddhists. The public views atheists and Muslims more coldly; atheists receive an average rating of 41, and Muslims an average rating of 40. Fully 41% of the public rates Muslims in the coldest part of the thermometer (33 or below), and 40% rate atheists in the coldest part.
These are some of the key findings from a Pew Research Center survey conducted May 30-June 30, 2014, among 3,217 adults who are part of Pew Research’s new American Trends Panel, a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults.

Monday, July 21, 2014

July 22 Tip: Read Kalway Kinnell"s poem: "St. Francis and the Sow"

Read Kalway Kinnell"s poem: "St. Francis and the Sow"

(The July 22 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171395

"St. Francis and the Sow"
The bud
stands for all things,
even for those things that don’t flower,
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
though sometimes it is necessary
to reteach a thing its loveliness,
to put a hand on its brow
of the flower
and retell it in words and in touch
it is lovely
until it flowers again from within, of self-blessing;
as Saint Francis
put his hand on the creased forehead
of the sow, and told her in words and in touch
blessings of earth on the sow, and the sow
began remembering all down her thick length,
from the earthen snout all the way
through the fodder and slops to the spiritual curl of the tail,
from the hard spininess spiked out from the spine
down through the great broken heart
to the sheer blue milken dreaminess spurting and shuddering
from the fourteen teats into the fourteen mouths sucking and blowing beneath them:
the long, perfect loveliness of sow.
-Galway Kinnell

Sunday, July 20, 2014

July 21 Tip: Make your reservation by noon today for Wednesday's Free Iftar Dinner

Make your reservation by noon today for Wednesday's Free Iftar Dinner

(The July 21 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

IPP is pleased to join our friends at the Pakistani-American Alliance for Compassion and Education (PACE) in inviting you to be our guest for a free, Mediterranean-style dinner catered by Jarfi's on Wednesday, July 23 at Second Presbyterian Church.
 
Email back to
 
interfaithpaths@gmail.com

or call 214-7322
 
 
We are pleased that this year's pre-dinner program will include presentations by
 
Kabir and Camille Helminski, Founders of the Threshold Society--Mevlevi Sufi Order
 
Cantor Sharon Hordes of Keneseth Israel Synagogue, and
 
Rev. John Gage, Host of Public Radio's "Kentucky Home Front" 
  
 
7:30 Check in
8:00 Program
9:00 Dinner
 
This event is FREE but Reservation Required!
 
For further details call 214-7322

This dinner is presented through the generosity of:

Republic Bank
with
Kosair Charities & Norton Healthcare

and support from

Baptist Health
The Center for Interfaith Relations
Kahloon, Pasic & Lewis, PLLC
KentuckyOne Health 
Stites & Harbison, PLLC 

with

Signature Healthcare
Clark Memorial Hospital
Floyd Memorial Hospital

OUR PARTNERS IN PRESENTING THE DINNER

Second Presbyterian Church, The Baha'is of Louisville; The Center for Interfaith Relations; Compassionate Louisville; Drepung Gomang Institute;The Passionist Earth and Spirit Center, Flaget Retreat Center, The Hindu Temple of Kentucky; The Jewish Community of Louisville; Kahloon, Pasic & Lewis, PLLC; Louisville Free Public Library; The Muslim Community Center of Louisville; River Road Mosque; The Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University;
St. William & St. Agnes Catholic Churches; 
and The Sikh Society of Kentucky
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Saturday, July 19, 2014

July 20 Tip: Read Mark Nepo's, "The Book of Awakening"

Read Mark Nepo's, "The Book of Awakening"

(The July 20 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.marknepo.com/books_awakening.php

From Mark Nepo:

This is a spiritual daybook woven from my own story, the stories of others’ struggles with their humanness, and truths from the great wisdom traditions. A series of daily reflections, it serves as a guidebook for a journey with the soul. Each entry is accompanied with a practice that helps us face the call to awaken the mind and the heart.

I was drawn to this form because as a poet, I was longing for a manner of expression that could be as useful as a spoon, and as a cancer survivor, daybooks have become inner food. In truth, over the last twenty-five years, the daybook has been answering a collective need and has become a spiritual sonnet of our age, a sturdy container for small doses of what matters.

This book is meant to be of use, to be a companion, a soul friend. It is, indeed, a book of awakenings. To write this I’ve had to live it. It’s given me a chance to gather and share the quiet teachers I’ve met throughout my life. The journey of unearthing and shaping these entries has helped me bring my inner and outer life more closely together. It has helped me know and use my heart. It has made me more whole. I hope it can be such a tool for you.

Friday, July 18, 2014

July 19 Tip: Attend this evening's special event at Louisville's Sikh Gurudwara

Attend this evening's special event at Louisville's Sikh Gurudwara

(The July 19 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Baisakhi Program

Place:  Sikh Gurudwara, Student Activity Center  (Multipurpose Room) 198 Thompson Ave. Louisville
Date:  July 19, 2014Saturday
Time:   6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.  ( Indian Cuisine) available for purchase
Program:   from 8:00 p.m.- 10:30 p.m.
Special attractions:   Bhangra (Punjabi dance by men),  Giddha ( Punjabi dance by women)
No admission fees
No parking fees:  Please park in Faculty Club parking lot or parking lot behind the Red Barn.

Any questions, please call Daya Singh Sandhu at (502) 931-2158.


July 18 Tip: Watch "A 30-Year History of the Future"

From TED Talks: "A 30-Year History of the Future"

(The July 18 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_history_of_the_future?utm_campaign=ios-share&utm_medium=social&source=email&utm_source=email

MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s and 1980s that were scoffed at then but are ubiquitous today. And he leaves you with one last (absurd? brilliant?) prediction for the coming 30 years.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

July 17 Tip: From Pema Chodron: Rituals Connect Us to Richness

RITUALS CONNECT US TO RICHNESS

(The July 17 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Ritual is about joining vision and practicality, heaven and earth, samsara and nirvana. When things are properly understood, one’s whole life is like a ritual or a ceremony. This is what’s behind ritual, these formalized things that get carried down in the religions of different cultures. 

Ritual, when it’s heartfelt, is like a time capsule. It’s as if thousands of years ago somebody had a clear, unobstructed view of magic, power, and sacredness, and realized that if he went out each morning and greeted the sun in a very stylized way, perhaps by doing a special chant and making offerings and perhaps by bowing, that it connected him to that richness. Therefore he taught his children to do that, and the children taught their children, and so on. So thousands of years later, people are still doing it and connecting with exactly the same feeling. 

All the rituals that get handed down are like that. Someone can have an insight, and rather than its being lost, it can stay alive through ritual. 

http://www.shambhala.com/the-wisdom-of-no-escape.html?utm_source=bronto&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Image+-+Read+More&utm_content=Quote+of+the+Week+%7C+Rituals+Connect+Us+to+Richness&utm_campaign=HA+7%2F16%2F14

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

July 16 Tip: Attend This Evening"s Silent, Candlelight Vigil for Peace in the Holy Land

Friends,

Sometimes words fail us in the face of catastrophe.

Please join us anytime between 5:30 and 6:30 on Wednesday, July 16 in the Community Room on the lower level of the Clifton Center (2117 Payne Street)  as we come together in silence to: 

  • grieve over the violence in Israel and Gaza and 

  • offer silent prayers that peace and justice will come soon to Holy Land.

Stop in and light candle.

Then sit with us for as long as you wish.

We only ask that you
enter, remain, and depart in silence.

God bless you.



Monday, July 14, 2014

July 15 Tip: RIP Nadine Gordimer: Wise Words About Bettering A Troubled World

Nadine Gordimer: Wise Words About Bettering A Troubled World

(The July 15 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

The great novelist Nadine Gordimer, whose stories told of the immorality of apartheid in her beloved South Africa, has died at age 90....

Sunday, July 13, 2014

July 14 Tip: Want to ease your stress? Take a deep breath

From NPR: Want to ease your stress? Take a deep breath

(The July 14 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=330680160&m=330889591

Many Americans are swamped with stress, but there may be ways to ease the tension without changing the circumstances.
Almost half of all adults say they've experienced a major stressful event in the past year, according to a poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Salzberg teaches "mindfulness," which she describes as a way of looking at the world without bias, fears or assumptions. "We have the opportunity to take a fresh look at our experience," she tells NPR's Tamara Keith.Meditation can help people cope, says author Sharon Salzberg, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass.
Salzberg says getting that new perspective starts with taking a deep breath.

Saturday, July 12, 2014

July 13 Tip: Read Frank O'Hara's poem "Why I am not a painter."

Read Frank O'Hara's poem "Why I am not a painter."

(The July 13 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.poemhunter.com/frank-o-hara/

I am not a painter, I am a poet.
Why? I think I would rather be
a painter, but I am not. Well,

for instance, Mike Goldberg
is starting a painting. I drop in.
"Sit down and have a drink" he
says. I drink; we drink. I look
up. "You have SARDINES in it."
"Yes, it needed something there."
"Oh." I go and the days go by
and I drop in again. The painting
is going on, and I go, and the days
go by. I drop in. The painting is
finished. "Where's SARDINES?"
All that's left is just
letters, "It was too much," Mike says.

But me? One day I am thinking of
a color: orange. I write a line
about orange. Pretty soon it is a
whole page of words, not lines.
Then another page. There should be
so much more, not of orange, of
words, of how terrible orange is
and life. Days go by. It is even in
prose, I am a real poet. My poem
is finished and I haven't mentioned
orange yet. It's twelve poems, I call
it ORANGES. And one day in a gallery
I see Mike's painting, called SARDINES.

Friday, July 11, 2014

July 12 Tip: 10 Key Practices for Effective and Active Listening

10 Key Practices for Effective and Active Listening

(The July 12 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith

http://powertochange.com/students/people/listen/

Listening makes our loved ones feel worthy, appreciated, interesting, and respected. Ordinary conversations emerge on a deeper level, as do our relationships. When we listen, we foster the skill in others by acting as a model for positive and effective communication.
In our love relationships, greater communication brings greater intimacy. Parents listening to their kids helps build their self-esteem. In the business world, listening saves time and money by preventing misunderstandings. And we always learn more when we listen than when we talk.
Listening skills fuel our social, emotional and professional success, and studies prove that listening is a skill we can learn.
The Technique. Active listening is really an extension of the Golden Rule. To know how to listen to someone else, think about how you would want to be listened to.
While the ideas are largely intuitive, it might take some practice to develop (or re-develop) the skills. Here’s what good listeners know — and you should, too:
1. Face the speaker. Sit up straight or lean forward slightly to show your attentiveness through body language.
2. Maintain eye contact, to the degree that you all remain comfortable.
3. Minimize external distractions. Turn off the TV. Put down your book or magazine, and ask the speaker and other listeners to do the same.
4. Respond appropriately to show that you understand. Murmur (“uh-huh” and “um-hmm”) and nod. Raise your eyebrows. Say words such as “Really,” “Interesting,” as well as more direct prompts: “What did you do then?” and “What did she say?”
5. Focus solely on what the speaker is saying. Try not to think about what you are going to say next. The conversation will follow a logical flow after the speaker makes her point.
6. Minimize internal distractions. If your own thoughts keep horning in, simply let them go and continuously re-focus your attention on the speaker, much as you would during meditation.
7. Keep an open mind. Wait until the speaker is finished before deciding that you disagree. Try not to make assumptions about what the speaker is thinking.
8. Avoid letting the speaker know how you handled a similar situation. Unless they specifically ask for advice, assume they just need to talk it out.
9. Even if the speaker is launching a complaint against you, wait until they finish to defend yourself. The speaker will feel as though their point had been made. They won’t feel the need to repeat it, and you’ll know the whole argument before you respond. Research shows that, on average, we can hear four times faster than we can talk, so we have the ability to sort ideas as they come in…and be ready for more.
10. Engage yourself. Ask questions for clarification, but, once again, wait until the speaker has finished. That way, you won’t interrupt their train of thought. After you ask questions, paraphrase their point to make sure you didn’t misunderstand. Start with: “So you’re saying…”

Thursday, July 10, 2014

July 11 Tip: Does evolution explain religious beliefs?

From the NY Times: Does evolution explain religious beliefs?

(The July 11 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/08/does-evolution-explain-religious-beliefs/?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region

Insights about evolution, science, religion and philosophy.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

July 10 Tip: The nourishment of Ramadan

From "On Being:" The Nourishment of Ramadan

(The July 10 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.onbeing.org/blog/the-nourishment-of-ramadan-isnt-about-pushing-food-away/6439

For Muslims, Ramadan is the holy month in which the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) began to receive the first series of messages that would eventually become the Quran.
The Prophet was a family man and a business man. And yet he took time away from family and work to go on solitary retreats. He took a break from society, a kind of sabbatical from his routines, to reach for a deeper relationship with God, much like Jesus in the desert.
What this has taught me is that our relationship with God is more important than all of our social relations and definitely much more important than the pursuit of money and success. That’s why I’ve always associated the month of Ramadan more with focusing on God and less with fasting.
Fasting from food, to be sure, is prescribed by the Quran and the Prophet. It cleanses the body, it teaches self-control, and it represents a sacrifice made for the sake of God. That is why so many Muslims take such great care to observe the fast from sunrise to sunset. May God bless them for observing this practice.
But what is the principle behind the practice? In my reading of the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet, the main principle behind fasting is to learn that God’s blessings are the true source of nourishment for our hearts and minds and bodies.




Tuesday, July 8, 2014

July 9 Tip: Attend tonight's Sand Mandala Dissolution Ceremony at 7:30 pm tonight

Attend tonight's Sand Mandala Dissolution Ceremony at 7:30 pm tonight

(The July 9 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6bffcaa905de365cb389cf297&id=1bfec2f285&e=a86af419c0

Join our Tibetan Buddhist friends at the Drepung Gomang Institute (411 North Hubbards Lane in Louisville) for the dissolution ceremony  of the Chenrezig or Buddha of Compassion Sacred Sand Mandala on Wednesday, July 9, 7:30 pm (after meditation at 7 pm).The tour will be selling Tibetan crafts, clothes, religious items and jewelry as well.  

Monday, July 7, 2014

July 8 Tip: Read how a master of empathy responded to a physical attack

From the NY Times: Read how a master of empathy responded to a physical attack

(The July 8 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/04/nyregion/colum-mccann-novelist-recovers-from-street-attack.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&region=CColumn&module=Recommendation&src=rechp&WT.nav=RecEngine

The Irish-born writer Colum McCann, author of the novels “Let the Great World Spin” and “TransAtlantic,” among others, is known for his faith in what he calls “radical empathy.” He helped found an international organization, Narrative 4, where children who have experienced hardships exchange and retell one another’s stories.

So it was entirely in character Saturday night when Mr. McCann, visiting New Haven for a Narrative 4 conference, intervened when he saw a man shoving a woman to the ground outside a hotel on a street that runs through the Yale campus. He stopped to ask the woman if she wanted him to call the police. According to the New Haven police, the woman declined the offer.

As Mr. McCann walked away, the police said, the woman’s companion followed him and punched him in the head, sending him tumbling sharply to the ground, his face striking the pavement...
(click the link to read more

Sunday, July 6, 2014

July 7 Tip: Remember the "Unbroken" Spirit of Louis Zamperini

Remember the "Unbroken" Spirit of Louis Zamperini

(The July 7 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/remembering-the-unbroken-spirit-of-louis-zamperini/

A FINAL SALUTE now to Louis Zamperini, an American hero in both war and peace who died this past week at the age of 97. The suffering he endured during World War II was matched only by the remarkable forgiveness he later extended to his former tormentors.

Saturday, July 5, 2014

July 6 Tip: Attend tonight's powerful panel discussion at Highland Baptist on the Separation of Church and State

Attend tonight's powerful panel discussion at Highland Baptist Church on the Separation of Church and State

(The July 6 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Interfaith Paths to Peace joins Highland Baptist Church and a number of other churches in welcoming all who are interested to a conversation about religious liberty called "Liberty and Justice for All?: Views of Religious Liberty in our National Landscape," on Sunday night, July 6, at 6:00 p.m.at Highland Baptist Church (corner of Cherokee Parkway and Grinstead in Louisville.

This event is free and open to the public.

Join us in this Fourth of July weekend conversation about the many contemporary challenges to religious liberty in the 21st Century. Three experts will share their views of church-state issues and welcome your questions and comments. Apple pie and ice cream will end our night on a sweet and thoroughly American note!

We welcome:

Brent Walker, Executive Director of Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty

Paul Simmons, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State

Sam Marcosson, Professor of Law, University of Louisville

Our evening will be moderated by Nancy Jo Kemper, Retired Executive Director of the Kentucky Council of Churches.

This gathering is co-sponsored by Highland Baptist Church, Ridgewood Baptist Church, St. Matthews Episcopal Church and Interfaith Paths to Peace.

Here is a link to a downloadable poster about the event:

https://hbclouisville.org/2014/06/24/liberty-and-justice-for-all-highland-explores-church-state-issues-on-july-6/
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Friday, July 4, 2014

July 5 Tip: Attend Sunday's birthday celebration and potluck honoring the Dalai Lama

Attend Sunday's birthday celebration and potluck honoring the Dalai Lama

(The July 5 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6bffcaa905de365cb389cf297&id=0ab2bce879&e=a86af419c0

Please join us Sunday, July 6 at 11 am at the Drepung Gomang Institute, 411 N. Hubbards Lane in Louisville, for a celebration and potluck luncheon honoring His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

You are invited to be part of this auspicious celebration!  We will have a fire puja at 11 am, with chanting and long life prayers following.  Please bring food to share for the noon potluck meal.  If you are able, bring donations of flowers and fruit for the shrine room.  You are also invited to offer a khata and donation to honor His Holiness.




Thursday, July 3, 2014

July 4 Tip: Read the book, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come" about the 1964 Civil Rights Act

Read the book, "An Idea Whose Time Has Come" about the 1964 Civil Rights Act

(The July 4 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

http://www.npr.org/books/titles/263486498/an-idea-whose-time-has-come-two-presidents-two-parties-and-the-battle-for-the-ci

In a layered narrative, Todd Purdum tells the story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, recreating the legislative maneuvering and the larger-than-life characters who made its passage possible. From the Kennedy brothers to Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. to Hubert Humphrey, Purdum shows how these all-too-human figures managed, in just over a year, to create a bill that prompted the longest filibuster in the history of the U.S. Senate, yet was ultimately adopted with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

July 2 Tip: Attend Tonight's Memorial Service for Slain Israeli Teenagers

Attend Tonight's Memorial Service for Slain Israeli Teenagers
(The July 2 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

MEMORIAL SERVICE HONORING THE SLAIN ISRAELI TEENS-AT CONGREGATION ADATH JESHURUN, 7/2/14 AT 7:00 PM
  
Two days ago, after more than two weeks of desperate searching, the bodies of Naftali Frankel, Eyal Yifrach and Gilad Shaar, Israeli Jewish teens, were found apparently murdered shortly after they were abducted on their way home from school in the West Bank.

According to CNN, one liked basketball and was a gifted musician who played a mean guitar as well as the flute. Another liked to bake cakes for his five younger sisters. The third would bring jars of cookies to study hall for his classmates.

Their funerals were yesterday in Modiin (a town between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv), and they will be buried next to each other.

Tomorrow night, Louisville's Jewish Community will come together to honor their memory and their sacrifice as Louisville's Jewish Community Relations Council and the Louisville Board of Rabbis and Cantors lead a memorial service.

Please join us at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, 2401 Woodbourne Ave., at 7:00 pm as we pray that no other family has to go through what the families of these three teens went through.

(From Interfaith Paths to Peace): "These cruel murders underscore  how reprehensible it is to kill children, no matter what the cause, country, party or group involved. Killing children must stop."