Dinner and Drive Time Tip for May 6

Before: 

• Watch the below video with your youth and discuss your reactions. What did you learn? What surprised you about the Muslim religion? How were you challenged or intrigued?
  • A Successful Day at a Mosque with Zach Anner
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8irL7tDORXY

 After:

• In our worship time this week, we explored how Muslims invite Allah(God) to guide and be present in their actions using the phrase “Bismillah” before those actions. It’s a means of acting more intentionally and with your values front and center. Learn more here ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oimOhjmyyOI -minutes 1:50-3:13) and here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdt-miOhGwI) . Engage your youth in a discussion about the ways you’ve centered yourself before important actions or decisions. Ask them what they thought of the practice of reciting Bismillah.

 For You:

Spend some time expanding your own understanding of Islam. Here are some great places to dig in:

• FTD Facts: 11 Surprising Fact about Islam
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPu4NL43jXI
• How Islam Began – in 10 minutes
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxKxnVZtgo
• Introduction to Islam/Belief/Oprah Winfrey
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgP_OSOS3IA
• Islam – with Stephan Prothero
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FfKN2Sf7Ac