Faith can play an important role in times of uncertainty - offering comfort and hope.  Since COVID-19 hit Connecticut, many churches, synagogues and mosques have closed across the state.  Faith leaders have moved worship online - and found new ways to bring people together.

It has not been easy.  Leaders across religious traditions are under tremendous pressure guiding their congregations through grief and trauma - while helping their communities build resilience.

In a conversation recorded earlier this month, guest host Diane Orson talks with a pastor, a rabbi and an imam who have walked into a pandemic - and it is not a joke.   They speak about what it has been like for clergy, where they turn when they’re feeling stressed, and whether their own faith has wavered.

GUESTS:

• Rabbi Stacy Offner - Temple Beth Tikvah in Madison, CT
• Reverend Dr. Frederick (Jerry) Streets - former Chaplain of Yale University, Senior Pastor of Dixwell Congregational Church in New Haven, CT, and member of faculty at Yale Divinity School.
• Imam Refai Arefin - Islamic Association of Greater Hartford (also known as the Berlin Mosque) in Berlin, CT

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