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Within the context of our nation at this time, our perceptions of Islam are driving our greatest fears. Islam is the subject of deep misinformation, misunderstanding, and political distortion. As the result, few of us have an accurate understanding of Islam or are aware that there are broad-based efforts and many Muslim activists in peacebuilding throughout the Muslim communities around the world. Consequently, it is vital, in my mind, that we hear often from the voices of Muslim peace workers. There is no better place to start than with my guest for this episode. Chaplain Rabia Terri Harris, Founder of the Muslim Peace Fellowship, launched MPF as an associate organization of the Fellowship of Reconciliation in 1994, and has nurtured it ever since. The child of a Jewish father and a Christian mother, Rabia embraced Islam in 1978, receiving her religious education through the Halveti-Jerrahi Order. She holds a BA in Religion from Princeton University, an MA in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures from Columbia University, and a Graduate Certificate in Islamic Chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary. In 2009, her three decades of experience in spirituality and community service led to her being chosen as the first president of the Association of Muslim Chaplains. As a theorist and investigator in Islamic peacebuilding and multireligious solidarity for justice, Rabia writes extensively and has lectured and offered workshops nationally and internationally. Currently Rabia serves as Chaplain and Scholar in Residence at the Community of Living Traditions at Stony Point Center, an Abrahamic residential community devoted to the pursuit of peace and justice through earthcare and hospitality. You can contact Rabia at MPFrth@gmail.com. Rabia coauthored Peace Primer II: Quotes from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Scripture and Tradition with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and Rev. Ken Sehested. There are references from this book made in the interview. The music for this episode is from a clip of a song called 'Father Let Your Kingdom Come' which is found on The Porter's Gate Worship Project Work Songs album and is used by permission by The Porter's Gate Worship Project. You can learn more about the album and the Worship Project at theportersgate.com.

Amirah and Will return to share a little about farming at Stony Point Center over the past few weeks including cover crops, mowing, and planting. Then they dive into a conversation about their most memorable "multifaith moments" in the Community of Living Traditions. From Quaker Meeting for Worship to Purim to Ramadan (and more), Amirah and Will share insights and laughs about where they learned or gained an appreciation for other faith traditions (or their own) in multifaith spaces.

I sat down with Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev to talk about the Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets. We talk about the world's need for courage, wisdom, and vision, the three qualities inherent in every prophet: “an encounter with divine love and concern for the world, courage to name oppression, and a moral imagination to articulate an alternative future.” We also discuss the importance of art, imagination, and dialogue in the prophetic tasks, the overlapping concerns of the Hebrew Prophets and the Book of Deuteronomy, and the way biblical liberation themes are found in various contemporary figures. We end with a discussion on how the prophetic critique of stability and immutability as "currency of empire" and the importance placed on a liberation journey in increasingly mutual relationships speaks with hope and care into our current COVID19 climate, and an impassioned plea to join the work of birthing a new world.Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev founded and leads Beit Midrash of Santa Fe, a multi-faith sacred learning community. He has led workshops at retreat centers, synagogues, churches and seminaries across the United States, including Union Theological Seminary, Ghost Ranch, Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey and Stony Point Center. His teaching invites learners into an adventurous exploration that engages the body, heart and soul as well as the mind. He is an experienced spiritual director, accompanying people of many faiths. Nahum is the Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM and a Fellow of the Rabbis Without Borders Initiative. Find out more: https://rabbinahum.com/ The book is The Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets: Then and Now (available with Orbis Books)Find more: www.loverinserepeat.comFollow: @RinseRepeatPod and @liammiller87Music by Fyzex

Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev founded and leads Beit Midrash of Santa Fe, a multi-faith sacred learning community. He has led workshops at retreat centers, synagogues, churches, and seminaries across the United States, including Union Theological Seminary, Ghost Ranch, Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey, and Stony Point Center. His teaching invites learners into an adventurous exploration that engages the body, heart, and soul as well as the mind. He is an experienced spiritual director, accompanying people of many faiths. Nahum is the Scholar-in-Residence at Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, NM and a Fellow of the Rabbis Without Borders Initiative. His new book, The Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets: Then and Now (Orbis, 2019), Rabbi Nahum mines Biblical wisdom to illumine a way forward. His book explores the rich territory of liberating social change as articulated by the Hebrew prophets and lived by Biblical persons. Ward-Lev examines the development of these Biblical liberation themes in contemporary prophetic writers including Paulo Freire, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Martin Luther King Jr., and bell hooks. In clarifying practices for the liberation journey, prioritizing reciprocal relationships, engaging in dialogue, exercising social and artistic imagination, and nurturing a love ethic in public life, his book empowers readers of all faiths and backgrounds to see through a prophetic lens and engage in prophetic action. Please check out RabbiNahum.com if you'd like to get in touch with Rabbi Nahum, invite him to lead a study with your community, and find out more about his work.  Enjoy the podcast! 

Amirah and Will welcome their friend Roger to the podcast to reflect on his month farming with them at Stony Point Center throughout his observance of the holy month of Ramadan. They talk about fasting, not fasting, solidarity fasting, solidarity giving, water, and, of course, rocks...and much more. Ramadan solidarity giving? Here are some ideas: https://www.cgdcny.org/give and https://give.irusa.org/campaign/mpf-for-palestine/c233574.

Long-time Stony Point Center farmer Matt Zeltzer joins Amirah and Will to talk about the arrival of spring. Their conversation covers erratic spring weather, distinguishing between winds and breezes, songs about wind, their relationships to rocks, and much more. With Passover, Easter, and Ramadan on the horizon, Matt, Will, and Amirah share some reflections about how these holy times are connected to spring for each of them this season.

Special guest Sarah Henkel joins Amirah and Will to celebrate the arrival of Amirah's niece into the world and the recent decision by Hudson River Presbytery to give land and former church buildings in Stony Point, NY to the Sweetwater Cultural Center, a project envisioned by Chief Dwaine Perry of the Ramapough Lunaape Nation. Then they all join in a conversation about children's books: which ones thetheythey love and why and which ones don't. And in case anyone is wondering, Sarah is a member of the Community of Living Traditions at Stony Point Center, a Presbyterian pastor, a dear friend of Amirah's, and married to Will.

Drip, drip, drip...Amirah and Will are so excited about maple season. In this episode they have a conversation about all things maple at Stony Point Center: sap, syrup, ceremony, keeping the fire burning and much more.

Even the most incisive, prolific, gifted artist can feel daunted by the dreaded “Talk.” That is, the request to speak on demand about their work. Listen to a couple of prominent millennial Jewish artists assess what’s meaningful to them in their work. Arielle Stein earned her BFA at NYU in 2014. She has since spent time as artist in residence with Art Kibbutz and the Stony Point Center, and is a 2018-19 New Jewish Culture Fellow with Brooklyn Jews. Arielle's work has been shown in the US and abroad,  and has been published in Barbed Magazine, HCE Review, Triangle House Review and At the Well. Jessica Tamar Deutsch is a New York based artist. Her work explores the intersection of ancient tradition and contemporary culture. She earned a BFA in illustration from Parsons School of Design. Her first published book, The Illustrated Pirkei Avot, is available in print.

Sahar Alsahlani, a member of The Community of Living Traditions at the Stony Point Center, discusses inter-faith cooperation and action for social justice and environmental sustainability. Sahar is a member of the Executive Council of Religions for Peace, on the Board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and is a Fellow of Green Faith – […] The post Episode 22 – Sahar Alsahlani on InterFaith & GreenFaith Action first appeared on Y on Earth Community.

Special guest Warren Cooper joins Will for one-on-one. Warren is a musician, producer, and member of the Community of Living Traditions (the multifaith community at Stony Point Center). He and Will talk about Warren's new album "Guitars & Voices: Talking About Choices" which is available for purchase at guitarsvoiceschoices.com, Warren's creative process, and the role of music in the movement for justice. Warren asks Will about the connections between farming and parenting, Stony Point Center Farm's efforts for food justice, and what he loves about farming. Will also shares an important regret: that he didn't share the Alliance for Fair Food's Advent Reflection series during the last podcast. You can find it at allianceforfairfood.org.

Amirah starts everything off with a Ramadan reflection. Then she and Will share about the progress of getting the new farm ready to plant and a few of the gifts they have received from the new land. They wrap up with some fun updates from Stony Point Center's farm and discuss some spiritual insights they have gained from all the weeding they are doing this week. Spoiler Alert: there's no one-on-one this week.

Amirah and Will recap their recent activities at Stony Point Center's expansion farm site including the challenges that come with embracing an increased amount of mechanization and what a blessing it has been to work with an experienced mentor as the process gets underway. Then Amirah plays one-on-one with special guest Venice Williams (26:00), an amazing farmer and community leader from Milwaukee who Amirah met at the Faithlands gathering in California back in March.

In this episode, Amirah and Will introduce a new segment where they talk about their regrets from the last recording. Then they talk about all the work related to the arrival of spring on Stony Point Center's farm. Finally, they play one-on-one and this week's topic is "transitions."

Audio of Alice Anderson's interview at Rock Stars and Prophets: Generations of Justice and Love. Stony Point Center, April 8-11, 2015. Video and more at www.tamfs.org/interviews

This is the audio of Kathy and Susan's interview at Rock Stars and Prophets: Generations of Justice and Love. The gathering and interviews took place at Stony Point Center in April of 2015. For additional videos, interviews and more - visit www.tamfs.org

Audio of Tricia's interview at Rock Stars and Prophets: Generations of Justice and Love. Recorded at Stony Point Center, Stony Point, NY in April of 2015