About
Rev. Diane Kolack
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My
interfaith training began at age 19, when I was
given two books, Thich Nhat Hanh's, Going
Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers, and Lama Surya
Das, Awakening the Buddha
Within: Tibetan Wisdom for the Western World, both
of which affected me profoundly. I had been raised in
the Lutheran
Church and always loved the feeling of community there,
although something was
missing for me in the idea that this one way was the only
way to experience the Divine. My
spiritual perspective continued to be formed by my experiences
with Buddhism over next decade, in addition to yogic philosophy,
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, friends of different
faith traditions, and the wisdom of many religions which
I experienced and studied at One
Spirit Interfaith Seminary. |
As a native New Yorker, interfaith ministry seems natural to me because we are all here together, in this city, and on this earth. We are weaving a tapestry of cultures, religions, and beliefs everyday, whether we realize it or not. I have glimpsed what we all have in common and it is so worth celebrating and acknowledging in public, in private, in ceremonies and in prayer! As we broaden our understanding of one another as human neighbors, little by little, we are moving towards a more peaceful co-existence. I am passionately committed to being a part of that celebration and acknowledgement of how different things can seem on the outside and how similar they are when we all come home.
It's
not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau
- Henry David Thoreau