Speaking of Faith website

I don’t know why, but I love to share how I found out about things. I always believe that one thing will lead to another, and surely, that’s how I found this website. It’s still amazing for me to watch the chain of reactions of how things happen, for this, and everything else.

Well, it started years ago. My friend highly recommended a book by Karen Armstrong, which was a biography of the prophet Muhammad. I didn’t read the book back then, but years later when I did, I liked how Armstrong did it, and I could understand why it was one of the definitive biography on the prophet.

Well, naturally, that led me to look up more work by Armstrong. And I thought it was fascinating that she was an ex-nun. Yes, nun as in Catholic nun. What was better, she actually wrote an autobiography of her life during that period. After about a week waiting for my library to get a copy of that book, I read it cover to cover in one sitting, and I found her life fascinating. That led me to read the ‘sequel‘, which is about her journey after her nun life ended, and that was equally fascinating. I loved her story so much, I was hungry for more of her stuff. That’s how this website came into the picture.

Speaking of Faith had done an interview with Karen Armstrong, and I thought, “Wow, this women is already a legend, sort of like Annemarie Schimmel in the making, and they have an interview with her? That is amazing!” Before that, I didn’t even know if she was still alive. And so to read her words, and hear her voice, gosh, how I love technology. It was a really interesting interview too, you can read the transcript here, or hear the audio here.

Ever since then, Speaking of Faith has become one of my favorite websites, and the host Krista Tippet my role model, sort of.

This website, which is a website for an NPR radio program, housed so many unbelievably interesting interviews that I’ve ever encountered in my life. And to have them archived and organized in one place, is just simply heavenly. Krista has conversations about belief, meaning, ethics, and ideas, and she does it in such an open minded, non-judgmental way, and with genuine interest to understand the others’ point of view. If you are interested in these type of things, and I mean religion, beliefs, science etc, this website will be very resourceful. It’s another candy store for me, and I love it.

Some interviews that I thought were beyond expectations:

• Evolution and Wonder: Understanding Charles Darwin
• Einstein and the Mind of God
• Money and Moral Balance
• Remembering Forward: Krista Tippett on Speaking of Faith

So go ahead and enjoy SoF! And soon, you’ll probably find yourself checking the website every Friday for new interviews or updates.

Happy discovering!

Speaking Of Faith website