>>ed morning and welcome to mosaic, i'm liz kdale. and reverend ron swisher, i welcome you and hope you're having a wonderful sunday morning. in the bay area we are able to celebrate diversity of different religions and faith groups. our guest today has thought deeply about how christians talk about enter faith matters in our own -- inter-faith matters in our own communities we might be engaged with. i'm so pleased to welcome reverend susan strouse to the mosaic show. >> good to be here. thank you. >> susan wrote a book that i found helping in the congress gagsz i serve. how do christians talk about int inter faith matters. >> you've been a pastor for 30 years. >> that's right. >> some the east coast and some here. >> that's right. >> you've been in kind of the lutheran congress gags so to speak. >> that's right i sense your passion really is -- congregation so to speak. >> that's right. >> i sense your passion is really enter faith -- inter faith groups. >> when i was in buff flow, new york, -- buffalo, new york i was asked to repres