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By Dean Robbins – Photo by Bryce Richter – ON WISCONSIN magazine – UW–Madison launched the Center for Interfaith Dialogue last year — and not a minute too soon, given the onset of the Israel–Hamas war. Though it had been in the works for a while, the center opened just as the university urgently needed a place where students from different religious backgrounds could get to know one another and engage in civil dialogue. Interim director Ulrich Rosenhagen envisioned a program in which undergraduates serve as “interfaith fellows,” educating themselves about religious traditions while fostering a spirit of understanding in…
Dear sisters,Last year I attended a training seminar in Michigan called SALTS – Survivors of Abuse Leadership Training Seminar. I’m writing to invite some other women – and men, too – to consider attending this seminarSponsored by Open Hearts Ministry, this seminar offers skills and expertise to people interested in learning to facilitate healing and recovery groups for abuse survivors. Across the country, the groups go by different names – Grace Groups, Beauty for Ashes, Abuse Recovery Support Groups – but their purpose and approach is the same.Although the focus is on sexual abuse survivors, SALTS – and the group healing process…
Divorce Care, a ministry focused on helping people find healthy, Christ-centered ways to deal with the devastating consequences of divorce, has been supported by High Point Church for many years. Through Divorce Care, many have renewed and/or strengthened their walk with Christ, and gone on to lead productive, healthy lives both personally and spiritually. Divorce Care also now offers DC4K for children of divorce.
As the summer approaches, Musalaha Reconciliation Ministries, which brings together young Israelis and Palestinians, is preparing for several major events this summer. A spokesman for the ministry says there are few opportunities for Israeli and Palestinian children to come together before they reach their teenage years.
Many Christians see The Da Vinci Code as an opportunity for evangelism; others say it’s a chance to engage the culture. Rubbish. Da Vinci is dangerous, so I’d like to suggest a better alternative