Morgan O Brien Reflection

Megan O’Brien On Tuesday, March 15th I went to one of the interfaith dialogue meetings. It was held in the basement of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The topic for our discussion was faith as a daily practice. When I first walked in I realized it wasn’t as big of a group that I was expecting. When I got there I noticed how welcoming everyone was to have us there. I was even asked a couple times if I was a part of your religions class! After getting to talk to everyone we sat down and prayed and got to go up and get dinner. We had a variety of different foods, which was very nice. We got to eat for about a half hour then we started our discussion. First we introduced ourselves to everyone. I thought it was very interesting that a lot of the adults …show more content…
He talked about what happens if he forgets to pray. If he forgets to pray right before bed then he will have a restless night of sleep. He also said that if he doesn’t pray in the morning then he is worried that something will happen to him on the way to work. Being faithful means using the time you have with family, God, and others. We can use the spare time we have in our day to say a quick prayer. We talked about how practicing different religions takes a lot of hard work and dedication. I agree with that. It takes a lot of dedication to get up in the morning and pray or go to church. There are a lot of people that have a lot going on in their lives and still manage to include religion in it. Being honest with yourself, God, and others is a huge part of practicing religion. I heard that prayer is there whenever you need it. God is always there to get you through a tough time. The people in your life are not always there for you, but prayer is. We also talked about the actions in our life. We not only show our faith through prayer but we also show it. One thing that really stuck with me is when someone said that prayer is an expression of life. I like to think the way that one prays is an expression