Author: Susan Perry

  • SIF’s 20th Anniversary Celebration!

    It’s been 20 years since we started holding public services and activities as Sedona Interfaith Fellowship on July 26, 1996, and at one point or another you were involved with our history. It would be lovely to celebrate with you! You may be at a distance and unable to attend, but we thought you might…

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  • This Sunday 7/3 – Video and Discussion

    SUNDAY, JULY 3 — SUNDAY GATHERING 10:00 a.m. At our home/office — CALL FOR ADDRESS AND DIRECTIONS: 928.282.0293 Video Viewing and Discussion From a video series featured on Link TV, the host explores the frontiers of religion and metaphysics, of science and spirituality. Join in as she brings together an engaging group of well-known scientists,…

  • Father’s Day This Sunday at SIF

    Can you believe the year is almost half over? I am reminded of this as we turn to celebrate Father’s Day this Sunday, the third Sunday in June… As we have been exploring “who God is, what God is,” “who we are, what we are,” the topic of God as Father is an interesting one!…

  • What’s In a Name? — Exploring Our Identity

    SUNDAY, MAY 22 — SUNDAY GATHERING A time for inspiration, a time for reflection — prayer, meditation, song, and inspired words! All are welcome! “What’s in a name?”  — How do we see ourselves?  What is our identity?  We wear so many hats, we take on many roles: mother, father, son, daughter, teacher, waitress, construction…

  • Mother’s Day — Compassion and the Womb of God

    We are looking forward to connecting this Sunday for Mother’s Day! A Buddhist text says, “Even as a mother at the risk of her life would watch over her own, her only child, so let us with boundless mind and good will survey the whole world.” Sunday is Mother’s Day, a day of remembering mothers…

  • The Simplicity of Faith – Sunday Gathering 3/6

    This Sunday, we’ll explore “The Simplicity of Faith” — or is it? In what do we place our faith? What is worthy of our faith? How can we have faith when the world seems so unstable? Is faith the same as belief? Whew!  I think I have a deep and abiding faith, but does my…

  • Atheism and Spirituality — What Can We Learn?

    It was great to gather with you last Sunday! Talking about the concept of fear, how we deal with it, what it looks like on the spiritual path – thank you for the insights you shared, and the inspiration we gained. This week, we’ll be taking a look at spirituality through the lens of the…

  • What Did President Obama Mean?

    We were listening to a little of President Obama’s talk at the annual National Prayer Breakfast earlier this week, and he said some interesting things that really gel with what we have been talking about lately. In particular, he addressed the need to rise above fear to faith, and that sparked the question in me…

  • Last Sunday – This Sunday – Being on the Path Together!

    This last Sunday Gathering on the 24th was a time to start the discussion – back to the basics – of “What (or Who) is God?” How important is it for us to have a common understanding of what each of us means when we use the word “God”? We joined in singing and meditation,…