I love a good serendipity story, and this is one of my favorites! Bill and
my brother were both 20 minutes early, waiting for a store to open in San
Francisco; they started chatting, talking about business and books — and
next thing I know, I got a text saying that Bill and I had to meet.

This is our first conversation, and I was riveted! Bishop William Swing is
doing incredible work in the world — he is on a mission to build bridges
between people and religions; helping people of (what seem to be) competing
religious loyalties to discover each other and work together. The 20th
anniversary of his organization, the United Religions Initiative, is in
June, and he has over 1 million participants in over 1,000 interfaith
cooperation circles.

As Bill says, "If you’re really committed and you’re on the right track,
the right person shows up at just the right time.” This mindset, and saying
yes at every open door, led to meetings with the Pope, Mother Teresa, the
Dalai Lama, and many other religious leaders in his efforts to create the
United Nations of religions.

Happy Earth Day! I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did :)

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