Pastor Don Mackenzie, PhD, Rabbi Ted Falcon, PhD, and Imam Jamal Rahman—now known as the Interfaith Amigos—started working together after 9/11. Since then, they have brought their unique blend of spiritual wisdom and humor to audiences in the US, Israel-Palestine, Japan and more. Their first book, Getting to the Heart of Interfaith: The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi and an Imam (SkyLight Paths), brought the Interfaith Amigos international attention with coverage from the New York Times, CBS News and NPR. Their second book, Religion Gone Astray: What We Found at the Heart of Interfaith (SkyLight Paths), probes more deeply into the problem aspects of our religious institutions to provide a profound understanding of the nature of what divides us. Their work is dedicated to supporting more effective interfaith dialogue that can bring greater collaboration on the major social and economic issues of our time.
Pastor Don Mackenzie, PhD, is former minister and former head of staff at University Congregational United Church of Christ in Seattle. Rabbi Ted Falcon, PhD, a spiritual therapist, is founder of meditative synagogues in Los Angeles and Seattle, and is coauthor of Judaism For Dummies. Imam Jamal Rahman, a Muslim Sufi minister at Interfaith Community Sanctuary and adjunct faculty at Seattle University, is author of Sacred Laughter of the Sufis: Awakening the Soul with the Mulla’s Comic Teaching Stories and Other Islamic Wisdom (SkyLight Paths).
The Interfaith Amigos are available to speak on the following topics: