Holy Echoes

Sometimes a remedy is closer than we think. Communal singing. The rhythm of a strumming charango in your chest. The therapeutic vibrations of harmony. This episode helps us remember what music feel like in our bodies and the power it has to minister to our spirits as well as our communities. We revisit The Religious Five Quartet and Jim James from past festivals and talk with Appalatin band member...

Most of us struggle with falling into two general ways of being: overstimulated and productive or disengaged and tuned out. Lay Buddhist Adam Kane offers another option; a state that occurs in a third space called “relaxed alertness”. How do we begin to build the capacity for this?  In our third episode of Holy Echoes, Adam Kane revisits a session at the 2016 Festival of Faiths featuring travel wr...

“The value of religious pluralism is the thing that makes me most proud to be an American,” guest Guthrie Graves Fitzsimmons explains in our second episode as he responds to a segment from the Festival of Faiths that features Rev. Dr. Martin Marty from 2005.   As we near the 250th anniversary of our country breaking away from state religion, we look at what it means to celebrate religious freedom...

Nothing is wrong with you for feeling lonely right now. It is a fundamental human need to feel connected to others, as essential to our wellbeing as food or shelter. Yet loneliness has become a public health epidemic due to factors like digital media, cultural values of work and individualism, and even the structure of our workplaces and neighborhoods. In April of 2019, Dr. Vivek Murthy, physician...

The Center for Interfaith Relations celebrates the diversity of faith traditions, expresses gratitude for our unity, and strengthens the role of faith in society through common action. They host the nationally renowned Festival of Faiths and offer year-round programming that fosters compassion in our world. They are also committed to sharing the insights and inspiration rooted in the wisdom of fai...