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Religious Leaders for Reconciliation:
An American Journey of Clergy Beyond Borders
 
Clergy Beyond Borders is on the road! This fall's "Religious Leaders for Reconciliation" caravan, a multi-state campaign to promote voices for pluralism and counter those of extremism in all religions, is currently touring the United States. The intinerary, includes Washington, DC; Durham, NC; Atlanta, GA; Chattanooga, TN; Louisville, KY; and Philadelphia, PA. Learn more about the Caravan, and subscribe to our News/Views Blog for updates. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow us on our Facebook page.

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Humanity once shared a single boat.
Can we ride the same bus now?

Join Early Caravan Endorsers

Early endorsers of the "Religious Leaders for Reconciliation" caravan include the following: Organisation of the Islamic Conference General Secretariat; Reverend Bill Vendley, Secretary General, World Council of Religions for Peace ; Reverend David Gray, New America Foundation ; Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement;  Jewish Theological Seminary Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies;  President, Bellarmine Catholic University;  ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal; and  Rabbis for Human Rights-North America.

The Reconciliation Ride

CBB's campaign to promote religious pluralism includes the Reconciliation Ride, a thought-journey on use of words. The Ride begins with two questions, inspired by the Book of Genesis: Where are you? and Where is your brother?

Please be sure to let us know you're on the Ride

Remembering Martin Luther King:
The Drum Major Instinct

Clergy Beyond Borders honors the memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on his 43rd yartzheit ["death anniversary" in Jewish tradition], by sharing words from his final sermon, "The Drum Major Instinct." Like his final, "I’ve been to the mountaintop" speech (April 3, 1968), King’s final sermon of February 4, 1968 is as pertinent today as on the day it was preached.

The sermon is based on the Gospel of Mark 10:35 (Christian Bible), in which disciples James and John ask to be seated at the right and left hand of Jesus in the world to come. The ills King sees resulting from an unchecked “drum major instinct” are still very much with us. And King’s urging that each of us harness that instinct by striving “to be first in love…first in moral excellence…first in generosity” seems equally apt. Read more

Bring Clergy Beyond Borders to Your Community

In the best of times, religious differences can make communication difficult and contribute to misunderstanding, suspicion and fear. Talk of "blood libel" flooding the media suggests that this is not the best of times in the U.S.

Could a Clergy Beyond Borders traveling team improve your community's capacity for coping in difficult times? read more

CBB Builds Bridges of Faith

Human trafficking.
Immigration and attacks on "the stranger."
International conflicts.
Local hatred and violence...
...challenges to faith communities everywhere.

Deepening resources of individual faith traditions empowers religious leaders to address, from within their own communities, injustice and legacies of distrust everywhere.

Sharing resources across faith traditions builds bridges of understanding and common action.

Modeling interfaith partnerships and undertaking Journeys of Reconciliation brings healing and hope.