Quiet Time: Interfaith Dialogue

Dear God of every tongue and tribe, I confess that loving my neighbor comes easier when my neighbor looks like me, prays like me, and reads the same scriptures I do. But Matthew 5:44 doesn't let me off that easy. Jesus said to love our enemies — and if we're called to love even enemies, how much more are we called to love the Muslim father next door who kneels on his prayer rug at dawn, or the Jewish grandmother who lights her Shabbat candles every Friday evening, or the Hindu colleague who keeps a small shrine of marigolds on her desk?…