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A Litany of Wild Graces: Meditations on Sacred Ecology
A new book by Sharifa Oppenheimer We are happy to share the release of a new publication: A Litany of Wild Graces! Perhaps it will sit on your bedside table and poem by poem seep into your dreams and inspire your days. Here is a short preview of its scope. “We stand at aContinue reading “A Litany of Wild Graces: Meditations on Sacred Ecology”
Aotearoa NZ Kinship Initiative
There are many social justice issues simmering under the surface in New Zealand, a story familiar to all colonized countries, and although New Zealand has a reputation for having good race relations and equal opportunities, many would say that is overstated. Māori make up over 50% of the prison population, despite being 15% of theContinue reading “Aotearoa NZ Kinship Initiative”
Help Us Honor our Chishti Ancestors
The chain of transmission of the Inayatiyya encompasses the teachings and lineages of four great Sufi orders; the Chishti, Suhrawardi, Qadiri, and Naqshbandi. The Chishti Order was founded in Afghanistan and later spread to the Indian subcontinent. In 1910 Ḥazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan was the first Chishti teacher to arrive in the West. In the lastContinue reading “Help Us Honor our Chishti Ancestors“
Important Update from The Hope Project
Submitted by Board members Richard Cuadra and Carmen Hussein Kids in Nature Program (KIN) has been a program at The Hope (in Nazamuddin Basti, Delhi, India) for seventeen years. Years ago we rented a bus with forty children and ten staff and toured different areas of India all the way to the ocean. There, some students becameContinue reading “Important Update from The Hope Project”
Pilgrimage 2021 to Fazal Manzil (The House of Blessings)
Submitted by Halim Bruno Knobel, VP Kinship Europe (Switzerland)Basira Hela Hasemann (Germany) It is part of the tradition of the Kinship branch of the European countries in our Inayatiyya family to hold a meeting every two years in Suresnes, a city on the outskirts of Paris. This is the location of the former home ofContinue reading “Pilgrimage 2021 to Fazal Manzil (The House of Blessings)”
Nayaz-Sister-Brotherhood Project
Submitted by Anna Latifa Vandevenne (Belgium) Join us with your prayers! Fifty years ago, I joined the human rights organization, Amnesty International by writing letters on behalf of people whose Human Rights were violated. In that time, before computer availability, handwriting letters for “prisoners of conscience” was for me an occasion for prayer and meditation.Continue reading “Nayaz-Sister-Brotherhood Project”
Responding to the Global Ecological Crisis
Submitted by Shams Kairys Over the last year-and-a-half, the Kinship Activity has presented a series of virtual gatherings hosted by Shams Kairys that bear witness to current threats to the natural world while fostering a sense of the sacred and a spirit of positive engagement. The upcoming event on December 17 at 3:00 ET featuresContinue reading “Responding to the Global Ecological Crisis“
Prison Book Project
Submitted by Deb Hirabai (USA) The Prison Book Project (PBP) continues to serve incarcerated people around the country, reaching out to prison libraries, pastors, and organizations such as the Human Kindness Foundation to find inmates needing great reads! They can choose one of our three recommendations or pick any book by Hazrat Inayat Khan. AsContinue reading “Prison Book Project”
Daena Thelen-Daniel Supports Flood Victims in Germany
from Batina Sheets Mid-July 2021 brought extensive flooding to parts of Germany and Belgium. Wahhab and I inquired about the welfare of our dear friend, Daena Thelen-Daniel, who lives in Cologne. She responded with a series of emails and photos, which she has agreed to share with our Kinship Community. In response to our originalContinue reading “Daena Thelen-Daniel Supports Flood Victims in Germany”
New Zealand Kinship Weekend
by Majid David Vowells, Kinship Coordinator, New Zealand There are many rhythms in our lives marking the passage of time, and those of an annual event bring a particular sense of anticipation and pleasure. So it was when we met on another Saturday morning in July for Kinship weekend, celebrating Hazrat Inayat Khan’s birthday, andContinue reading “New Zealand Kinship Weekend”
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