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Dr. Bobby Pohar
I was scared and unsure when going to my first Interfaith Dinner Dialogue. I remember walking with a cheesecake to my host family's front door thinking, "I don't know anybody. What am I doing here?" But, something urged me on. My host family was Muslim and so welcoming that my fears melted away. I met total strangers from different religious faiths. We shared a meal together and had a dialogue about faith. That evening I felt blissful, powerful, connected and peaceful. It was a humbling experience. Towards the end I remember thinking, "I don't want the dialogue to end. These "strangers' feel like my own."
Bobby Pohar, MD, a Sikh, is an Internist at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center.