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Faith can play an important role in times of uncertainty - offering comfort and hope.  Since COVID-19 hit Connecticut, many churches, synagogues and mosques have closed across the state.  Faith leaders have moved worship online - and found new ways to bring people together.

It has not been easy.  Leaders across religious traditions are under tremendous pressure guiding their congregations through grief and trauma - while helping their communities build resilience.

In a conversation recorded earlier this month, guest host Diane Orson talks with a pastor, a rabbi and an imam who have walked into a pandemic - and it is not a joke.   They speak about what it has been like for clergy, where they turn when they’re feeling stressed, and whether their own faith has wavered.

GUESTS:
Rabbi Stacy Offner - Temple Beth Tikvah in Madison, CT
Reverend Dr. Frederick (Jerry) Streets - former Chaplain of Yale University, Senior Pastor of Dixwell Congregational Church in New Haven, CT, and member of faculty at Yale Divinity School.
Imam Refai Arefin - Islamic Association of Greater Hartford (also known as the Berlin Mosque) in Berlin, CT

Faith can play an important role in times of uncertainty - offering comfort and hope.&nbsp; Since COVID-19 hit Connecticut, many churches, synagogues and mosques have closed across the state.&nbsp; Faith leaders have moved worship online - and found new ways to bring people together.
It has not been easy.&nbsp; Leaders across religious traditions are under tremendous pressure guiding their congregations through grief and trauma - while helping their communities <a href="https://nhvinterfaithcoalition.weebly.com/">build resilience</a>.
In a conversation recorded earlier this month, guest host Diane Orson talks with a pastor, a rabbi and an imam who have walked into a pandemic - and it is not a joke.&nbsp; &nbsp;They speak about what it has been like for clergy, where they turn when they&rsquo;re feeling stressed, and whether their own faith has wavered.
GUESTS:
<ul>
<li>Rabbi Stacy Offner - Temple Beth Tikvah in Madison, CT</li>
<li>Reverend Dr. Frederick (Jerry) Streets - former Chaplain of Yale University, Senior Pastor of Dixwell Congregational Church in New Haven, CT, and member of faculty at Yale Divinity School.</li>
<li>Imam Refai Arefin - Islamic Association of Greater Hartford (also known as the Berlin Mosque) in Berlin, CT</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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