Lindsay,
Thank you very much for commenting. I appreciate your feedback!
On February 3, 2008, Lindsay wrote:
"I would never have thought to have the presidency of Interfaith not disclose their religious affiliation! That's really what this group is about, isn't it? We're just getting together to have fun and mingle, and even learn a little bit."
I'd like to clarify one thing first. While the leadership of the Interfaith Student Association is planning on not publicizing its affiliation, we encourage all members of the group to openly discuss their religious feeling with the purpose of having fun, mingling, and learning to understand each other.
Our hope is that by having the student leadership be discreet about their own affiliation that it will maintain impartiality and avoid stereotypes and biases against the association as a whole.
Also, we hope to keep it a "safe place" or rather "neutral ground." In a way, we hope that the leadership will act as a "mediator" that will allow greater connection and unity among students of various religions.
That's all I have to say right off the cuff on that topic. Feel free to keep the comments coming!
More to come soon.
I can be reached at president.isa.uvu@gmail.com.
Curtis Jensen
Showing posts with label religious liberty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religious liberty. Show all posts
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Kicking Things Off
To begin something new is thrilling in the extreme. I don't know if blogging will impress very many as something "new" or "thrilling," but it certainly is to me...and to a great many people who are involved in this project.
I thought to begin things, it would be good to give a background for what this is.
Linda Walton, acting currently as the Chaplain for Utah Valley University, has recently asked me to act as the President of the Interfaith Student Association. I feel like this is less of an appointment to a title and more of a request to work for free! Despite that, I'd like to say that I am thrilled to be asked, and to me it is privilege and an extremely high honor. The mission of the Interfaith Student Association is extremely important to me, personally, and so, since that is the main reason I have accepted her offer, it is on that subject that I would like to write.
The mission of the Interfaith Student Association (up to this point) has been to provide a haven for those who wish to practice their religion, provide assistance for those who are seeking to find the truth, and to provide information so that they can find worship centers of their chosen faith-based group. To put a very strong point on it, we in the Interfaith Student Association, with all of the support given by any of those connected with us, stand against any and all influences that threaten, hamper, or discourage humanity's inate right to choose to worship and to believe as they see fit. We will always stand for Religious Liberty and any that find themselves in need of a friend in that fight can look to us.
Also, I would like to post the cardinal value of the Interfaith Student Association, in hopes that all who read this will catch the vision.
"From Tolerance to Love" has been one of the cardinal values of the Interfaith Student Association, and it is the one that has most strongly motivated me to stand for the Interfaith Student Association. And that is the value that has motivated the creation and naming of this blog. It is that hope that most strongly fills me with passionate feelings for the success of this organization.
To the extent that we are successful in building Love from the bare bones of Tolerance, I will count this effort a monumental success. Some of our pointed efforts towards building love from tolerance include: Religious Liberty, Mutual Understanding, Serving Each Other, Respecting and Valuing the Noble Characteristics of the Soul each doctrine promotes, and Interfaith Socials.
More to come soon. I can be reached at president.isa.uvu@gmail.com.
Curtis Jensen
President - Interfaith Student Association
PR Club President
Communications Department Student Rep.
I thought to begin things, it would be good to give a background for what this is.
Linda Walton, acting currently as the Chaplain for Utah Valley University, has recently asked me to act as the President of the Interfaith Student Association. I feel like this is less of an appointment to a title and more of a request to work for free! Despite that, I'd like to say that I am thrilled to be asked, and to me it is privilege and an extremely high honor. The mission of the Interfaith Student Association is extremely important to me, personally, and so, since that is the main reason I have accepted her offer, it is on that subject that I would like to write.
The mission of the Interfaith Student Association (up to this point) has been to provide a haven for those who wish to practice their religion, provide assistance for those who are seeking to find the truth, and to provide information so that they can find worship centers of their chosen faith-based group. To put a very strong point on it, we in the Interfaith Student Association, with all of the support given by any of those connected with us, stand against any and all influences that threaten, hamper, or discourage humanity's inate right to choose to worship and to believe as they see fit. We will always stand for Religious Liberty and any that find themselves in need of a friend in that fight can look to us.
Also, I would like to post the cardinal value of the Interfaith Student Association, in hopes that all who read this will catch the vision.
"From Tolerance to Love" has been one of the cardinal values of the Interfaith Student Association, and it is the one that has most strongly motivated me to stand for the Interfaith Student Association. And that is the value that has motivated the creation and naming of this blog. It is that hope that most strongly fills me with passionate feelings for the success of this organization.
To the extent that we are successful in building Love from the bare bones of Tolerance, I will count this effort a monumental success. Some of our pointed efforts towards building love from tolerance include: Religious Liberty, Mutual Understanding, Serving Each Other, Respecting and Valuing the Noble Characteristics of the Soul each doctrine promotes, and Interfaith Socials.
More to come soon. I can be reached at president.isa.uvu@gmail.com.
Curtis Jensen
President - Interfaith Student Association
PR Club President
Communications Department Student Rep.
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