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She was nervous and didn’t want to go, and I didn’t blame her. In fact, truth was, I was nervous too. These types of events always force us out of our comfort zones, and this case was proving to be excruciatingly difficult.

“But you know what I think?” I asked my daughter. “I think that we’re going to have such a great time tonight that on the car ride home you’re going to say, ‘That was so much fun! Can we go again next year?’” I peered over my shoulder to catch her reaction. She looked skeptical.

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After The Event

Daughter to Mom: “That was so much fun! Can we go again next year?”

So what exactly happened between the two car rides? One of the best family experiences of our lives: a local Experience Interfaith dinner and discussion. After joining hundreds of men, women, and children for a delicious traditional Sikh meal while seated on the ground, we broke into small groups for a discussion. Each person in my family grabbed a chair and gathered with seven adults of various faiths to discuss the following questions:

Questions

• What is your name and faith?

• Describe your faith journey

• What is the biggest misconception about your faith? Share what is true.

• What in your faith means the most to you?

• Explain about the Golden Rule from your faith perspective.

• From your Faith perspective, what actions will you do to “amplify” peace and harmony in our neighborhoods and world?

A Fruit Basket Of Faiths

Those in our group included persons of the following faiths: Islam, Apostolic, Buddhist, Jainism, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Non-Denominational Unity. It was wonderful to identify the common denominators of our faiths: a desire to overcome the natural man, to honor our Creator, to live the Golden Rule, to become a little better today than we were yesterday.

This discussion was especially meaningful to my children since earlier that morning we spent an hour and a half discussing the Founders beliefs on religious equality, along with the recorded thoughts of de Toqueville regarding the unified religious sentiment that he discovered while visiting the thirteen colonies–a unified feeling that he felt was the key to maintaining our national liberties.

The Command To Love One Another

Heavenly Father’s children come packaged in all shapes, sizes, colors, and religions, and He expects us to love them all–at all times and in all places, regardless of the circumstances of life.

Tonight, our family was reminded that it is our privilege to do so.

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.”

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