Our latest issue of News & Views is now available on Substack! Please note that the emailed version contained some errors, including a missing link. This link is to a corrected version.
open.substack.com/pub/thirdactfaith/p/march-news-and-views-1bc?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
As our Jewish friends celebrate Purim, we remember Esther's courage in standing up to injustice.
This year the beginning of Lent coincides with the start of Ramadan. As Christians and Muslims enter these seasons of reflection and fasting, we wish them clarity, comfort, and hope.
Remembering with love all of those who are engaged with us in the fight to safeguard climate and democracy!
You can sign up for our midday Coffee Klatch, Thursday on Zoom, an informal gathering with other Third Act Faith folks!
thirdact.org/faith/events...
The next Hope & Joy session is a conversation with John Grim of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology - a great follow-up to our conversation about Indigenous worldviews with Randy Woodley.
thirdact.org/events/hope-joy-series-lifeways-cosmovisions-and-a-giving-world-a-conversation-with-john-grim/
Our series based on Joanna Macy's "The Work That Reconnects" continues this week with a session on "Honoring Our Pain for the World." Join us Tuesday, February 10, for this timely and important experience.
thirdact.org/faith/events/the-work-that-reconnects-honoring-our-pain-for-the-world/
Read about our conversation with Randy Woodley and other news in our latest issue of News & Views!
open.substack.com/pub/thirdact...
We regret that our February 24 General Meeting with Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde has been canceled. We hope to schedule her another time, but her busy schedule does not permit her to be with us at this time.
We had a great conversation about Indigenous worldviews and activism with Randy Woodley at our January 27 General Meeting. If you missed it, or want to revisit it, the recording is now available on our YouTube channel. youtu.be/oINjJiOL2ik
Our January General Meeting about Indigenous voices, featuring Randy Woodley, is coming up this Tuesday (Jan. 27). You can still register online!
thirdact.org/faith/events/general-meeting-randy-woodley/
The Yale Forum on Religion & Ecology hosts a conversation with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim about the Living Earth Community, a digital platform that situates humans in the vast, evolving universe. Register for this free Zoom meeting on Wed, Jan 28.
www.tickettailor.com/events/there...
On this day honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. we recommit ourselves to his vision of peace, nonviolence, and racial equality.
Faith leaders are invited to an in-person gathering in Minneapolis on January 22 and 23, to stand with the community in resisting ongoing actions by ICE and seeking justice for Renee Good and her family.
www.marchminnesota.org
The January News & Views newsletter is now available on Substack. Check it out for our latest news!
thirdactfaith.substack.com/p/january-2026-news-and-views
Third Act Faith hosts its monthly Coffee Klatch on Thursday, January 8. Register online to join this informal time of conversation, hosted this month by TAF Co-Facilitator Kathleen Dickson.
thirdact.org/faith/events...
As we turn the calendar page, we wish you peace and hope in the new year.
Our editor was enjoying Christmas a bit too much and forgot to post on Dec. 25, so just in time for the third day of Christmas, our warmest wishes for all who celebrate this holiday!
On this the shortest day of the year, we wish Yuletide greetings to our Pagan friends.
Wishing our Jewish friends hope and peace as they celebrate Hanukkah.
Our friends at GreenFaith are hosting a virtual gathering of singing, sharing, and storytelling, on the Solstice:
Wednesday, December 17, at 5pm PT / 8pm ET
Our final Coffee Klatch of 2025 is Thursday, so register online and join us for this informal conversation.
thirdact.org/faith/events...
Join Martin Wagner this Tuesday for another session exploring Joanna Macy's Work That Reconnects. All are welcome, whether you've attended previous sessions or not. Read more and register on our website!
thirdact.org/faith/events...
Check out our monthly News & Views on Substack for all the latest news about Third Act Faith!
thirdactfaith.substack.com/p/november-2...
Our next General Meeting launches a series on interfaith friendships. Join us November 18 for a short film and panel discussion with Kosen Gregory Snyder, Rev. Cameron Trimble, and Imam Jamal Rahman. Read details and register at
thirdact.org/faith/events/general-meeting-interfaith-friendships .
If you haven't already, please take this brief 4-question poll about how you read our newsletters, to help us better communicate with our members!
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Third Act Faith thanks all veterans for their service and their sacrifice.
"Going Deep" features reflections on the loss of three religious leaders in the environmental movement. Read Martin Wagner's tribute to his friend and teacher Joanna Macy on our website, and on Substack (tfaith.substack.com).
thirdact.org/faith/2025/10/30/joanna-macys-final-teaching/
