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 writer and prolific author Pico Iyer as he discusses the concept of Stillness and how to sta...

“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 as a national community. How can we embrace the full integrity of our faith without seeing t...

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 and former US Surgeon General, spoke about this at the Festival of Faiths in Louisville, Kentuck...

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 faith traditions, and strive to cultivate communities that are true to the motto of “Many Faiths, On...