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The North American Interfaith Network Scholarship Application for the NAINConnect 2012 is available online at http://nain.org/YAScholApp12.pdf



The North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) offers a unique opportunity to include younger representatives (ages 16-35) in a valuable interfaith encounter during the 2011 NAINConnect in Phoenix, Arizona.  This scholarship recognizes young adults across the continent who are actively engaged in…

This past December, I attended an “orphan party” for those who have no family to spend it with. It began Christmas Eve and lasted until the following morning, with about eleven people hosted by an inspiring woman, Tannalee. For most of the past twenty-four-years, I have gone with my oldest friend to his family’s home, since my mother, who is my only family, does not celebrate holidays because of her religion. Both of these things reminded me of how true a saying that I often repeat is:…

Casting Out the Money Changers by Carl Heinrich Bloch. (This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. It was accessed through Creative Commons and downloaded from Wikimedia Commons.)

News agencies were already slow to cover the movement in New York, so it is no surprise that reporting on the involvement of religious people at…