Connecticut Council For Interreligious Understanding
Loving Your Neighbor Interviews by Rev. Dr. Alvan N. Johnson, Jr.
Dr. Hamid Ehsani, MD
"As a Baha'i, one of the most important, if not the most important, principles for me is unity.... Imagine what our world would look like if our justice systems were built on the fact that we are all one."
Rev. Donna Manocchio
"...Those who live on the margins, those who have been cast aside, so easily dismissed or demeaned. Those are our neighbors."
Rabbi Michael Pincus
"We're all in the same storm, but we're not all in the same boat."
Dr. Elli Findly
"When we recognize the truth in another person, we work to ennoble it."
Esam Boraey
"My faith teaches me that I cannot be a true Muslim unless I share comfort, have mercy to all people despite race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation..."
Father Michael Dolan
"Our ministry is a ministry of creating meaning out of chaos for people."
Deacon Art Miller
"It has been said in an African proverb, that I am because you are. It is the understanding that as communal social beings... we are to care for one another."
Dr. Joel Lohr, PhD
"To be really intentional about loving those who are different from us is a radical love."
Dr. Ripi Singh, PhD
"Your neighbor is anyone that you engage with in some form, whether it is social or professional or faith-based. If you engage with another human being, then it's your neighbor."
Rev. Josh Pawelek
"My neighbors also include strangers, people I've never met, people who may be very different from me..."
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