“Where is God in this moment?” “How do you encounter God in an office?” “What path are you on right now?” Bea Connaghan humbly and thoughtfully invites us to ask ourselves these questions as she meditates on the words and legacy of Teresa of Ávila and ponders how to “spot God in uncommon—or, rather, very common places.” Listen in to this wonderful episode with Bea.Follow us on instagram @interfaith.passages.Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus Tomizuka

Endlessness. Transience. Art. In this episode, Cullan muses on his apprenticeship to impermanence and takes us on a journey through the streets of Berlin. The divine is there, Cullan shows us, in the quality of light, in the growth of rogue flowers, in the fragile sketches of male bodies.Follow us on instagram @interfaith.passages.Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus Tomizuka

"What is truth?" In this episode, Ana Petrache investigates this question, asked to Jesus before his execution in the Gospels. What does it mean to be witness to a certain truth? To be a witness to science? Or to beauty? Or to love?Follow us on instagram @interfaith.passages.Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus Tomizuka

How do we practice justice? How do we exercise kindness? How do we walk with God? Join me on this journey with Victoria Brooks as we turn to the Book of Micah and explore its powerful calls to action. Speaking truth to power and maintaining humility go hand in hand here. “Humility is that which keeps us close to the ground…that which makes us grounded and created creatures of a loving God.”Follow us on instagram @interfaith.passages.Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus Tomizuka

What do we do with our loneliness? With our longing for communion with each other and with God? In this episode, Abby Rampone introduces us to the Catholic Worker Movement and the writings of Dorothy Day, who advocated for love and radical hospitality as a way to move through our individual isolation. Tune in to learn about what the Catholic Worker Movement looks like today and what possibilities there are for renewal within the Catholic Church.Follow us on instagram @interfaith.passages.Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus Tomizuka

What does it mean to be your brother's keeper? In this episode, Bonnie Cramer guides us through the story of Cain and Abel, tying in current issues of racism, white supremacy, and the COVID-19 pandemic. "I feel that this question of who is your brother and what is your responsibility is laid out as the religious question. It's the question that all of Torah is struggling to answer." Tune in for a profound journey with Bonnie.Follow us on instagram @interfaith.passages.Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus Tomizuka

“Perhaps we would be too lazy, perhaps we would be too inattentive, perhaps we would be too cavalier with this gift of life if there weren’t death at the end of it.” Listen in on this conversation with Sarah Curtin around death and the unexpected gifts that loss can give or shed light on. Follow us on instagram @interfaith.passages.Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus Tomizuka

Welcome to Interfaith Passages. Join Gianluca Avanzato, the host of this podcast, and connect with people from a spectrum of experiences and backgrounds to have conversations about the way words and stories shape our practices, guide our journeys, and enhance our connection to the world around us. Thanks to Interfaith Youth Core, whose Interfaith Leadership Fund helped to make this podcast possible. Co-producer: Massimo AvanzatoMusic by: Gus TomizukaYou can follow us on Instagram @interfaith.passages, and check out the show notes for more information on each episode.Thank you for joining this interfaith passage.