13 October 2008

JCRA: Day 2

Another fantastic day today. We began the day at the National Cathedral at 10:10 for the forum, where Thomas Cahill was the guest. Then we attended the service at 11:15. The service was beautiful as was the cathedral itslf. After the service, that went a bit longer than we expected, we had a private tour of the Cathedral and our guide spoke, on occassion, specifically to the work that the cathedral is doing in the interfaith community. Their work is varied and quite impressive. 

We then met with Kendall Soulen to discuss his book. This meeting was great. Soulen was very gracious to take time out of his Sunday afternoon to lecture to us briefly and then field questions that we had about his book. His answers were not always the ones I would have given, but he answered very well on the spot and offered some great imagery that may prove to be very helpful to Jewish-Christian dialogue.

Some pictures from today at the National Cathedral:






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