Have faith: Coming in from the cold
Every other week, Connie Berry will report on the news, events, and people at Martha’s Vineyard’s various places of worship.
The frigid weather over the weekend left me wondering just how Hospitality Homes was dealing...
Have faith: Bitten by the Unitarian bug
Every other week, Connie Berry will report on the news, events, and people at Martha’s Vineyard’s various places of worship.
While surfing through Netflix a few years ago, I found a documentary titled “Raw Faith.”...
Islanders follow the Bodhi Path at Martha’s Vineyard Buddhist Center
A simple gray-shingled building set back from the main road in a quiet wooded area of West Tisbury, the Bodhi Path Buddhist Center has provided a refuge for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike since 1999....
At Hanukkah, an Islander looks back
We were Jewish, one of a handful of Jewish families in Ridgefield, Conn., in the 1950s. The nearest synagogue was in Danbury, so that was where we went for services and religious school. My...
A weekend of ‘Engaged Compassion’ with Bodhi Path
Three spiritual leaders from three diverse faith traditions appeared at Katherine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven last Thursday evening to exchange ideas, insights, and personal experiences about “Engaged Compassion.” The discussion, sponsored by the...