![]() ![]() Meets at Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church in Greencastle and session made possible by a grant from the Putnam County Community Foundation. Participants will receive documents and tools to facilitate conversation about what is important to them. Choosing your healthcare representatives and talking with them can deepen your Lenten journey. This annual tradition adds meaning to our lives. Lent is a time of preparation and reflection upon our own mortality and the importance of deepening our relationship with God. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Dusk-to-Dawn Bereavement Services, in collaboration with Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church, the Putnam County Hospice and Palliative Care Association, and Servies & Morgan Funeral Home are offering several events as part of a broader invitation to explore the meaning of death in our lives.ĭeepen your Lenten Experience by Choosing your Healthcare Representatives and Talking with Them This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. Words to live by any month of the year, really.Ĭopyright © 2023 NPR. Ramadan is a time to be better than we are before.įADEL: A time to give, a time to be better than we were before. They know that that money can help out a lot of people. And it's just - it's all in the spirit of Ramadan. They set a goal to raise $10,000 and ended up bringing in twice as much.īAH: These are kids our age, a little bit older, a little bit younger from our communities. ![]() And we're focused on what really matters.įADEL: Bah says he and his friends once organized a fundraiser for a mosque in New York. We're not talking down on anything where, you know, we have a positive outlook on life. ![]() You know, we're not talking bad about anyone. We read more of the Quran or we - you know, we're on our best behavior. It focuses on spiritual discipline.īAH: But also amplifying all the good in the religion, amplifying our prayers, making sure our prayers are more intact. INSKEEP: Bah says Ramadan is about more than just giving up food and water. I was in the - I was in elementary school. INSKEEP: Abdoul Bah is a senior at Howard and a member of the Muslim Student Association.ĪBDOUL BAH: The first time I fasted the entire month of Ramadan, I was, I believe, 9 - 8 or 9. You know, Islam is not meant to be a burden. MUHAMMAD: If you find that it is too challenging and you have to eat, go ahead. And so during this process, God wants us to understand, you know, what it means to be hungry, what it means to be thirsty.įADEL: Of course, there are religious exemptions for people over health and travel. MUHAMMAD: While we are fasting from food and drink, there are people who have to fast from food and drink all the time. She says Ramadan is a time to focus on family, prayer and gratitude for all that you have. Nisa Muhammad is the assistant dean for religious life at Howard University. And it's just an exciting time to have a reset, so to speak. So for 30 days, those who observe fast from dawn to dusk. Muslims believe that this is the month in which God revealed the first verses of the Quran to Muhammad, who is considered the final prophet of Islam. When the sun set last night, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan began, which means that many observant Muslims are fasting today. ![]()
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