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About a month ago, just like
every Sunday, I slipped into the worship space just before 10am, bowed before
the altar, and found a seat in the back row. I leafed through the service
bulletin to take a look at what songs we’d be singing that morning. And after a
few brief announcements, I joined in singing the morning’s first song.
I’m no stranger to
“church-hopping.” This was in many ways a
familiar process for me. But on this particular Sunday, things were a bit
different than I was used to. When I bowed to the altar, I faced not a cross
but a golden statue of the Buddha. The song we sang was not a Christian hymn,
but a chant. This was my first visit to
a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple, alongside my Buddhist/Christian husband, trying
to make sense of our family’s interreligious identity.
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