I think that the reverse open house series was an opportunity to make the Temple Open House

a reciprocal exchange to demonstrate to others that as they're coming into our space, showing curiosity and interest

and openness, that we have that towards them as well.

So also we want to come and learn about you.

And we want to let you broaden our understanding of what the sacred is and who God is

and the role of faith in our lives. And I really have a testimony

of that expansive understanding of God's family that the gospel invites us to see, to believe in,

and to enhance, you know, that sense of shared humanity.

I'm Sarah Jane Weaver, editor of the Church News.

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For months prior to the open house of the Washington, D.C. Temple, Diana Brown led a unique group of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on a different kind of open house

tour. The group visited sacred sites of other faiths in an effort to learn and foster inter-religious

relationships. Diana is the assistant director of inner-religious engagement at Georgetown University

and a Latter-day Saint. She joins the Church News podcast today to talk about this reverse open house.

Diana, welcome to the podcast. Thank you. I'm God to be here. Well, why don't we just

jump right in and have you tell us what was this reverse temple open house? And how did this idea

come about, especially in connection with the open house for the Washington, D.C. Temple.

I have been working on interreligious initiatives and programs at Georgetown University for several years.

So I have a background in that.

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