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Weekly Update
November 10, 2009
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Greetings!
This Wednesday, Nov 11th, we will enter into a dialogue about Israel and Palestine called "Speaking the Unspoken, Naming the Unnamed." This session will be led by Marcia Kannry, founder of The Dialogue Project. Marcia hosted a Living Room last November called "Election Heat: Passion and Politics", which led us into a profound discussion.
The holiday season is quickly coming and Faith House has some great programs lined up for November and December.
If you are going to be in NYC this Thanksgiving, join us on Wednesday night, Nov 25th, for a program on "Indigenous Peoples & Inclusive Politics" with Tiosakin Ghosthorse, Host and Producer of "First Voices Indigenous Radio", a Lakotan thinker, activist and musician. We will also have a vegetarian meal, so bring a dish, dessert or drink to share.
On Friday, Nov 27th, we are all invited to celebrate the Eid'l Adha with the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community.
And on Wednesday, December 9th, get ready for our "Deconstructed Pre-Christmas Rummage Sale." Curious? See more below.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
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LIVING ROOM
Speaking the Unspoken, Naming the Unnamed: Israel & Palestine Dialogue
 Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009
6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program
Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
With Marcia Kannry, The Dialogue Project & other guests
Come explore how we can create an opportunity, a space where we can risk to speak the unspoken about our connections, histories, and the wounds of Israel and Palestine. We will cultivate a place where we learn how to listen, actively and generously. We will address the needs all humans have to be seen and acknowledged. We will share stories, surface differences, and have a difficult conversation around the hot words of home and homeland, justice and peace. Chanting, niggun, poetry, and prayer will begin and end the dialogue.
Marcia Kannry, Founder of The Dialogue Project, with other Palestinian Americans and Israelis will create a dialogue circle with all of us. Learn more about The Dialogue Project
RSVPs welcome, but not required, on our Facebook Event or Meetup Event. Vegetarian snacks to share also welcome!
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LIVING ROOM
Indigenous Peoples & Inclusive Politics
 Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009
6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program
Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
With Tiokasin Ghosthorse: Tiokasin
Tasunke Wanagi "Ghosthorse Spirit Coming In" Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye "He Places Nations First"
On the Wednesday evening before
Thanksgiving Day, all are invited to a vegetarian family
meal and Living Room program hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Host and Producer of "First Voices Indigenous Radio," a Lakota thinker, activist, and musician.
Politics for the Lakota is spiritual and not separate from the
rest of life. Indigenous peoples are after an inclusive politics and an
inclusive world. There is no word for "exclusion" in Lakota and there is no
word for "me" or "I". The
responsibility of living within this worldview is far-reaching, from the beginnings
of Life itself. This way of
knowing and of being must be learned by all who walk with Mother Earth.
"There can be no peace on earth, unless there is peace with
earth. Humankind will cease to exist if Indigenous Peoples become extinct. If
you kill off a species, you remove a balance from that chain of being and
things start to collapse. Let me
take it one step further and say, there are three hundred and fifty million
Indigenous peoples left out of 7 Billion. We live on seventy percent of the
pristine land because we resisted and because we cared for it as it cares for
us. And now they want that land. We are the roots. If the indigenous peoples
go, there goes the rest of the earth" ~ Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, from the Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux)
Nation of South Dakota, is "First Voices Indigenous Radio" Producer and Host. Tiokasin is a storyteller, poet,
university lecturer, scholar, essayist, cultural interpreter, and a peace and
human rights activist.
Tiokasin has a long history in Indigenous rights activism and advocacy on Turtle Island (North America) and
overseas. As a teenager, he spoke at
the United Nations in Geneva. He is also a survivor of the "Reign of
Terror" from 1972 to 1976 on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Boarding
and Church Missionary School systems designed to "kill the Indian and save the man."
Tiokasin Ghosthorse is also a master musician, and a teacher. He
is one of the great exponents of the Lakota flute, and plays
traditional and contemporary music. He performs
worldwide and has been featured at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine,
Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at the United
Nations.
Bring a beverage, dessert, salad, or vegetarian dish
to share.
RSVPs welcome, but not required, on our Facebook Event or Meetup Event online.
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FIELD TRIP
Eid'l Adha at Nur Ashki Jerrahi Dergah
 Friday, November 27, 2009
*10 AM Doors Open
Followed by Morning Prayer
A Feast will be served
Dergah al-Farah in Tribeca
245 West Broadway Ave
Btwn Walker and White Streets
Subways: 1 to Franklin St or A, C,
D, N, Q, R, W to Canal
If you are in town Thanksgiving weekend, come celebrate Eid'l Adha with the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order. Eid'l Adha, the "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid", is a Muslim Holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God." (wikipedia)
RSVP's welcome, but not required, to Rabia ashkisdivan@gmail.com
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LIVING ROOM
Deconstructed Pre-Christmas Rummage Sale
 Wednesday, December 9
7 to 9 PM
Drop by for 10 minutes
or stay the whole time!
"Sell everything
you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come,
follow me."
~ Jesus (Luke 18:22)
Looking for good deals for Christmas?
Come rummage through piles of clothes, books, household
items and lots of miscellany. No
cover charge. Most items are pay as you please. Antiques and original "Metrocard Man" items for sale too. Proceeds to
support Faith House Manhattan's 2010 operating expenses. Bring your loose change! All coins will be given to the
Salvation Army.
Jesus had a lot to say about money and the stuff we hang on to. He praised
the widow who gave her last pennies to the temple. He told us to render unto God that which is God's. He reminds us of how God clothes the lilies of the
field, even Solomon in all his splendor was not clothed so well.
We'll also have holiday snacks and free interactive stations
where you can rummage through piles of sacred texts and take those you
like, write down your own thoughts about stuff, give change for the Salvation Army... or put on a Santa cap and ring a
bell for others to donate, and more.
Meet people of all faiths... and of no faith at all.
If you want to donate, email bowie@faithhousemanhattan.org. This
year for Christmas, give away some of the items that clutter your life. Things you don't use. Things you've outgrown. Things that
have become baggage. Not trash, but treasures you are ready
to part ways with. Donations also accepted 6-7 pm 12/9.
"The spiritual life is more about subtraction than addition. Most of
us don't need anything more added to our lives to be fulfilled. It is
more likely that what we really need is to subtract from our schedules
and possessions to have more space for God and people." ~ Mark Scandrette's friend, as quoted in Soul Graffiti Photo from Yardsale Bloodbath Blog
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In Faith,
Juliet rabia Gentile, Islamic Co-Leader
Samir Selmanovic, Founder and Christian Co-Leader
Bara Levitt, Social Justice Intern
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IN THE MEDIA
Looking to Other Religions, and to Atheism, for Clarity in Faith
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"Beliefs" Column By Peter Steinfels Sat, Nov 7, 2009 (page A21 of the New York edition)
Look for Faith House in this New York Times interview with Samir Selmanovic and review of this recent book It's Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian.
Click to read article
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FEATURED ARTICLE
Paul Knitter on "Walking More Than One Path:
Is Religious Multiple-Beloning Possible?"
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20-Minute PODCAST of Prof. Paul Knitter's talk at Oct 28th Living Room
Paul
F. Knitter, the Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and
Culture at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a
leading theologian of religious pluralism and interreligious dialogue.
Knitter is author of more than a dozen books, most recently, Without Buddha I Could Not Be A Christian.
Full program of Living Room, including poems and Koans, included
Click to go to this post
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