Jenny Bonham-Carter, A Social Worker, Musician, Interfaith Practitioner - our discussion on Interfaith. My first experience of interfaith work started about five and a half years ago. I was then in the middle of doing my masters degree in human rights at the university of Uppsala in Sweden and I was planning for the semester of field work. I did this with a youth interfaith organization in Sweden called ”Together for Sweden” and when the field work semester was over I stayed involved and partly ...
Dec 29, 2017•22 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Jenny Bonham Carter is also currently serving on the board of Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, Newton, MA. http://coopmet.org/ She writes, "My first experience of interfaith work started about five and a half years ago. I was then in the middle of doing my masters degree in human rights at the university of Uppsala in Sweden and I was planning for the semester of field work. I did this with a youth interfaith organization in Sweden called ”Together for Sweden” and when the field work semeste...
Dec 27, 2017•31 min•Season 1Ep. 11
I am so thrilled and delighted to share the wonderful conversation I had with Arno Arr Michaelis an amazing human being and a friend. Please listen and share his episode and see how he reformed himself and is serving the humanity in all possible ways. Visit his website: https://serve2unite.org/ From the age of 17 Arno Michaelis was deeply involved in the white power movement. He was a founding member of what became the largest racist skinhead organization in the world, a reverend of self-declare...
Dec 20, 2017•38 min•Season 1Ep. 10
I am so delighted to introduce to you Zeba Jafri, a prudent and a levelheaded person, mother and, a wife of Mahmud Jafri of Dover Rugs. Who has been there at every step of the way with her husband and her family to an exemplary level. Dover Rugs: A History Built on Personalized Services For three generations, The Jafri family has been designing, weaving, and exporting fine, hand-knotted rugs and carpeting from Pakistan, India and Nepal to Western Europe, The United States and, to other parts of ...
Dec 13, 2017•25 min•Season 1Ep. 9
I am thrilled to introduce Danish Husain, 'Delhi Boy' who runs Hoshruba Repertory, his own theatre company. It was wonderful talking to him on his short visit to Boston, MA few months ago. Danish Husain is a poet, actor, filmmaker, theatre director, columnist, one of the people who helped revive the lost art form of Urdu storytelling, Dastangoi. Danish Husain is a poet, actor (Losing Gemma, Peepli Live, Dhobi Ghat, Ankhon Dekhi, Welcome To Karachi, City of Dark, Alif, Mantra), filmmaker (Live fr...
Dec 12, 2017•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This episode is about a young, vibrant, and energetic Islamic Scholar, Celene Ibrahim, who 'enjoys Islam' and many other activities. I really enjoyed interviewing and learning from her about parenting and interfaith engagement. Hope you will enjoy listening to our fun conversation too. Celene Ibrahim is an award-winning scholar, author, speaker, and university chaplain. She lectures and facilitates workshops at universities, theaters, libraries, houses of worship, non-profit organizations, compa...
Dec 06, 2017•31 min•Season 1Ep. 7
http://lightupwithshua.libsyn.com/website/2017 About the Podcast: I am Shua and welcome to Light-Up-with-Shua. This podcast is all about conscious living and conscious parenting. Being a parent myself, I realized the extreme importance of the decision to become a parent as one of the most impactful for me and the world I live in. Therefore, I decided to interview people from all walks of life with diverse multicultural backgrounds to share their insights on this and other topics. Conscious livin...
Dec 06, 2017•6 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This episode is about a young, vibrant, and energetic Islamic Scholar, Celene Ibrahim, who 'enjoys Islam' and many other activities. I really enjoyed interviewing and learning from her about parenting and interfaith engagement. Hope you will enjoy listening to our fun conversation too. Celene Ibrahim is an award-winning scholar, author, speaker, and university chaplain. She lectures and facilitates workshops at universities, theaters, libraries, houses of worship, non-profit organizations, compa...
Dec 05, 2017•25 min•Season 1Ep. 6
A licensed clinical psychologist and musician, he speaks often to parish and community groups in the United States, the U.K., Europe and Australia. A contributing editor for the New Catholic Encyclopedia (Second Edition), Kelley has also authored scholarly articles in the areas of pastoral psychology, liturgical-ritual studies and Augustinian studies. He serves as a board member of the Augustinian Heritage Institute in Villanova, Pennsylvania. http://www.merrimack.edu/live/profiles/348-joseph-ke...
Nov 29, 2017•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5
An amazing person that I met more than 5 years ago. We sat and had a great conversation on Parenting and Interfaith. The episodes are in two parts. Part 1 is on parenting and Part 2 is on Interfaith. Professor Joseph Kelley at Merrimack College is a Religious and Theological Studies Professor and Co-chair; Director, Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations Religious and Theological Studies Since his arrival at Merrimack in 1974, Joseph Kelley has also served as provost, vice pre...
Nov 29, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Dover Rugs, Owner. Mahmud Jafri named one of the 50 most influential people in New England. In addition to consistently being recognized for the impressive growth of his business, Dover Rug & Home, Mr. Jafri has also received accolades for his commitment to community development and educating and promoting a better understanding of his culture and heritage. A History Built on Personalized Services For three generations, The Jafri family has been designing, weaving, and exporting fine, hand-k...
Nov 22, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3
