Looking for teaching and preaching resources for your community this week? For the week of July 26, let Auburn help you strengthen your message to trouble the waters and heal the world. Consider highlighting International Forgiveness Day in your message of the week. Read on for ways to build your message of the week.

Auburn's Religious Voice of the Week Forgiveness is a universal theme that not only runs through all religious traditions but touches all of us across the world. Listen to this week’s Auburn Religious Leader Rev. Dr. James Forbes speak to the healing powers of forgiveness to create lasting change. Click here to listen. Documentary Resource Auburn Media recommends the powerful documentary The Power of Forgiveness to begin discussion in your community of faith. Click here to watch this clip of how forgiveness shaped the Amish communities response after tragedy. StoryCorps Resource And Auburn Media is proud to partner with StoryCorps to use story to share the powerful moments in our lives that create transformative change. Click here to listen to this week’s featured StoryCorps profile.

More Events of the Week Many communities use forgiveness as a framework to talk about Hiroshima Day, the remembrance of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. This year marks the 65th Anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. Here’s how one community is using this day to commit to peacemaking in their current community. 

Looking ahead More than 1 billion Muslims around the world will soon be observing Ramadan, one of the holiest months in the Islamic calendar and a time for spiritual purification achieved through fasting, self-sacrifice and prayers. Auburn has resources to help you learn more about Ramadan. Here’s one Web site we recommend to learn more: 

Looking for more ideas to help your religious community? Contact Auburn’s Associate for Media and Education, the Rev. Kellie Anderson-Picallo  with any questions.