I started reading “People Like Us” last night. It is written by Waleed Ally who is a pretty well known speaker/author in the Melbourne (maybe Australia). He writes and speaks about a lot of stuff but specifically about how the West and the Muslim world could dialogue better together. I have only read 25 pages but already I have had to look up 3 words including nomenclature, which is a system of words used in a particular science, art or community. So there you have it I am learning English words from a Muslim guy. Sure breaks down the whole notion that they don’t want to learn our language.

Anyway I started reading this book because Urban Seed was contacted by a lady from the City Mosque who wants to run a soup kitchen for homeless people. (We might need to teach her a new nomenclature to describe her vision, but that is OK). Because of my passion for interfaith stuff our admin person passed on her queries to me. I am really excited because we have tentatively started mapping out together some of the resources/training Urban Seed could offer them. I never thought in my wildest dreams that an opportunity like this would present itself. I really hope this was also God’s vision too because then if we work respectfully and mindfully it might actually get off the ground.