The community is invited to participate in the Interfaith Amigos Spiritual Read series, a free, 10-week exploration of healing our political, religious and racial divides. The series takes place in …
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The community is invited to participate in the Interfaith Amigos Spiritual Read series, a free, 10-week exploration of healing our political, religious and racial divides. The series takes place in January and February.
The Spiritual Read is presented in conjunction with the recently published book “Finding Peace through Spiritual Practice: The Interfaith Amigos’ Guide to Personal, Social and Environmental Healing” by Jamal Rahman, an Islamic imam; Ted Falcon, a Jewish rabbi; and Don Mackenzie, a Christian pastor. In the book, the authors debunk misperceptions about faith, transcend polarization and offer refreshing spiritual practices.
Participants can join one of more than 25 weekly discussion groups in East Jefferson County, form their own group with friends or family, or read the book as individuals.
The internationally acclaimed Interfaith Amigos are then scheduled to appear at Port Townsend High School beginning at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12. This event is also free to the public.
The Spiritual Read closes with the “Celebration of Our Journey” by participants from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 5 at Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center, across from Blue Heron School. For the celebration, the Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble dramatizes personal responses to justice and environmental actions raised in the book. Interfaith minister Simon de Voil is to perform music.
Local groups participating in the Spiritual Read include:
Neighborhood associations: Cape George, Kala Point, Port Ludlow and Towne Point.
Libraries: Jefferson County Library and Port Townsend Public Library.
Spiritual groups: First Presbyterian Church, Grace Lutheran Church, Port Hadlock United Methodist Church, Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Social Justice Council, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Stephen Ministers and assistant chaplains JHC, Trinity United Methodist Church and Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center.
Retirement communities: Discovery View Apartments, Seaport Landing and Victoria Place.
Others: Boiler Room, Harmony’s Way and Inner Work.
“‘Finding Peace through Spiritual Practice’ could be the most important book you read in 2017,” said the Rev. Barb Laski, one of the series’ organizers. “There has never been a more important time for us to come together and talk. We are an anxious nation, laced with uncertainty.”
To sign up or for more information, go to
spiritualread.org.
