Today, I officiated two interfaith weddings – between a Palestinian Muslim and a Lebanese Christian, and British Atheist and a Mexican Christian. The second wedding was a surprise, last minute call, literally last minute call; friends of friends. There have been many Jewish-Muslim, Muslim-Hindu and other combinations. I had to learn a lot to officiate …
This piece is for real and full of humor. Indeed it happens at the interfaith homes, and it is rightly called December Dilemma. How far does a spouse go to accept the otherness of other? How far should one go? Does the faith that you are conditioned to prevent you from participating in the other? Can we integrate …
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The Jewish community has usually led the way in adapting to changing world. 40% of weddings in the United States are interfaith weddings and the Jewish share is 43% instead of making the life difficult, they have relaxed the rules. All it takes is one daring Rabbi, and others will follow. Again, Pope Francis is …
Today, I officiated two interfaith weddings – between a Palestinian Muslim and a Lebanese Christian, and British Atheist and a Mexican Christian. The second wedding was a surprise, last minute call, literally last minute call; friends of friends. There have been many Jewish-Muslim, Muslim-Hindu and other combinations. I had to learn a lot to officiate …
I laud such couples who embrace genuine humanity by respecting the otherness of other, and accepting each other’s uniqueness. I will be officiating several interfaith weddings between December and January and if the couples permit, their information will be at :http://interfaithmarriages.blogspot.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/InterfaithMarriage?ref=hl Thank youmikeMike Ghouse(214) 325-1916 text/talk………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, thinker, writer and a …
A good piece! Good signs of knowing the relationship Mike Ghouse Courtesy of Huffington Post margaret.johnson@huffingtonpost.com As anyone living in the age of depressing divorce rates knows, a happy long-term couple is almost like a unicorn: If by some miracle you encounter it, you can’t stop staring, and you have a feeling no …
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I will be posting pieces on interfaith marriages, as I continue to cherish the couples who respect the otherness of others, and continue to conduct weddings for people of all faiths or no faith with sermons to satisfy their own tradition. Mike Ghouse Seven things you don’t know about interfaith marriage By Naomi Schaefer Riley …
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DO INTERFAITH MARRIAGES MATTER? http://interfaithmarriages.blogspot.com/ Religions don’t marry, but people do, and what brings them together in the first place is a shared interest, evolved out of living their daily life at work, school, gym, bars, conferences and even the place of worship, indeed, that is what connects them. As a Pluralist, I am blessed …
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The Orthodoxy in every faith has the same problem! Courtesy Huffington Post By JOSEF FEDERMAN 01/27/14 03:03 PM ET EST JERUSALEM (AP) — The love life of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son is setting off sparks — in Israeli politics.News that 23-year-old Yair Netanyahu is dating a statuesque non-Jewish Norwegian university student was not only …
Instead of an open heart quad-pass surgery in Louisville, our Doctors in Dallas decided to do a balloon and a stent. I appreciate my friends Dr. Harbans Lal and Dr. Amer Suleman for pushing and facilitating me to go for the alternate procedure. Thanks to Dr. Taysir Jarrah for the smooth operation, I did not …