David | May 7, 2009
As we observe this day of prayer, we remember the one law that binds all great religions together: the Golden Rule, and its call to love one another; to understand one another; and to treat with dignity and respect those with whom we share a brief moment on this Earth. – excerpt from May 7, [...]
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David | May 7, 2009
It seems to me that the world’s religions are like siblings separated at birth. We’ve grown up in different neighbourhoods, different households, with different songs, stories, traditions and customs. But now we’ve been reunited, and, having found each other after so many years apart, we look into each other’s faces and can see [...]
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David | May 1, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2009
Mother Teresa’s Organization appointed Goodwill Ambassadors of the Golden Rule and Receive Golden Rule Medal of IPI.
Interfaith Peace-building Initiative (IPI), a URI CC in Ethiopia, presented its 2009 Golden Rule Medal Award to Missionaries of Charity, a humanitarian organization established by the late Noble Peace Prize Laureate Mother Teresa [...]
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David | March 19, 2009
Late in 2005 I encountered Paul McKenna’s Golden Rule Poster. It was the genesis of a new understanding.
I have never believed that any one faith or tradition has an exclusive claim to the truth of God’s Presence. All life-affirming religions, secular moral codes, and scientific endeavor can help us to learn something of God, Creation, and [...]
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