Author Archives: Afra Saskia Tucker
About Afra Saskia Tucker
I am Development Coordinator at the Montreal Diocesan Theological College. Blessed with a multi-cultural family and an inclination to learn about other faith traditions, I have learned from my life experiences here and abroad that encounters with people of different faiths, beliefs, and cultures are in fact essential and enriching to my own faith journey.Return Home
May this New Year take us towards many beautiful new insights, giving us food and faith for the journey home. Continue reading
Transmission
Acknowledging we all come from somewhere and have a deep need to commune with and assist in the transmission of that source is, I believe, a fundamental life characteristic. Continue reading
The gift of receiving
Our intellect and emotions may not know that for which we are asking, but our heart surely does. Continue reading
Wayward Faith
What happens when you lose your way? For some, “the way” may feel like a pair of glasses without which they cannot see. For others, it is more like a raft that can be left at shore once they have crossed over to the other side of the river, while new “ways” await them as they journey onwards. Continue reading
When God Challenges Humanity
While this may not be the most obvious example of interfaith exploration, setting up faith in humanity over faith in God, in my opinion, definitely creates an interfaith question! Continue reading
The Politics of Interfaith
At a young age, I started to sense that my identity was not a simple one. I yearned to find something constant amidst the complexities that incessantly manifested, both on the “inside” within my own family and self, as well as on the “outside,” in other people’s families, at school, etc. Continue reading
