Category: Events

  • Why Are We Here?

    In this episode, Imam Marc discusses such notions as “just happy that we’re here”, as well as its broader significance as to life having meaning and purpose. Notes Can A Humanist Sustainability Work? American Muslims and the Need To Be on the Right Side of Society Continue reading

  • Isra and Mi’raj – A New Hope

    a’ra’ja/ya’ruju and a’ri/ja/ya’raju: one means to ascend, the other to limp or hobble along. Mi’raj was an uplifting (lit.) event at a time when the Prophet would experience great emotional loss and hardship: the death of his uncle Abu Talib (who shielded his nephew from the Makkans who sought to harm him) and his wife… Continue reading

  • Sharing – Its Important and Therapeutic Aspects

    As parents, many of us go to great effort to teach our children when they’re little to share. We do so not only because it’s nice but because we have more meaningful lives when we do things with each other. We benefit when we give up something and give it freely to another. We experience… Continue reading