Faith Action Network Blog
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Faith Action Network is a faith-inspired statewide partnership striving for a just, compassionate, and sustainable world through community building, education, and courageous public action. Explore our blog to know more about our views and believes along with the latest news and updates on our events.
Faith Action Network Blog
2M ago
Interfaith Harmony Week reflections at Interfaith Advocacy Day 2024 By Dr Jasmit Singh, FAN Board Member, from Khalsa Gurmat Center My friends, brothers and sisters, We gather here today, not bound by the walls of any one faith, but by the shared hope for a better world. We come ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
5M ago
Dear Friends of Faith and Conscience, As FAN is in the final days of preparation for our Annual Dinner, United in Hope, we are sorrowful that rising hate speech and action targeting individuals and institutions based on their religious faith is increasing fear in our Jewish and Muslim faith communities. While ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
6M ago
Testimony given by ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellow Tomo Duke at a King County budget hearing 10/25/2023, addressing the crisis of 300+ newly arrived immigrants from Angola and Venezuela, seeking asylum while living in tents and on the church floor at Riverton Park United Methodist Church, Tukwila, WA. Multifaith communities ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
7M ago
FAN gives thanks for our partnership with Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Church as an Advocating Faith Community in our network.Executive Director Elise DeGooyer was delighted to join the congregation this month to share a message about living into Solidarity as Our Spiritual Power ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
1y ago
FAN was honored to be part of a conversation early in the legislative session that was recently released. While some policies mentioned have received favorable votes, others are not moving forward this 2023 session, yet the foundations for why we choose to work on various policies are discussed. We ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
1y ago
Creator and sustainer of all that is, we give you thanks for this day and for your infinite and unfathomable love. In the midst of all the intensity within and around us, give us a moment of pause to remember why we are here. You have given human beings ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
1y ago
Juli Prentice (she/her) FAN Intern, Candidate In-Care for Ordination in the Northern Lights Region Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Giver of life – Oh beating heart of the universe which binds all of our human and more than human world to together in a common fate, We know that ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
1y ago
Text of the IFAD opening by Rabbi Avi Fine, Assistant Rabbi, Temple De Hirsch Sinai February 10, 2022 "Good morning all and thank you for a being a part of FAN’s Interfaith Advocacy Day. Allow me to open with one of my favorite Jewish texts related to using your ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
1y ago
Unity Candlelight Vigil Mount Zion Baptist Church Rabbi Jason Levine, Associate Rabbi, Temple Beth Am, Seattle June 15, 2022 Mi Shebeirach Avoteinu v’Imoteinu, the God of our ancestors, we stand here before You, tears in our eyes, our hearts shattered, our souls aching from each beautiful life, each beautiful ..read more
Faith Action Network Blog
1y ago
Elizabeth Dickinson offered the sermon excerpted here at Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Seattle, March 13, 2022. I’m so delighted to be with you today to formally welcome you into the community of critical connections we call the Faith Action Network. We need your energy and courage, and I hope ..read more