Welcome to Inviting Oneness, a podcast where we explore true stories from friends and members of EquaSion, stories where the illusion of separateness gave way to the deeper truth of our shared humanity. Oneness isn't an idea, it's an experience. And today we continue listening for it one story at a time. 

Our guest today is Haroon Moghul. Haroon is the Muslim chaplain at Xavier University, the author of Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future, the writer of a newsletter called Sunday Schooledand a board member at EquaSion. He’s also a close friend and my co-host for our podcast, Avenue M.

At EquaSion, we're concluding a new small-group initiative called Faith & Friendship Groups. Throughout the summer, interfaith groups have gathered around a range of themes and practices, including Having Difficult Conversations, Prayer, Belong Dinners, Faith Communities in Solidarity with Immigrants, and Sacred Connections, our Religious 101 group that visits different places of worship across the Greater Cincinnati region.

The poem you’ll hear today is called There Will Be a Last Muslim and it was written by Haroon. It will open the final Faith & Friendship Groups over the coming weeks. After sharing the poem, Haroon responds to this connecting question: What question about your faith are you still carrying? 

As you listen, we invite you to reflect on that question for yourself.

If today’s story moved you and you’d like to get involved visit us at equasion.org.

Until next time, may we keep inviting oneness—within ourselves, and with one another.