Category: Perspectives

Relearning The Alphabet

Posted by Lory Widmer Hess | Nov 10, 2023 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Perspectives |

Each time we speak, we give birth. Something of our soul goes forth into the world, embodied in air

A December Thought On Joy

Posted by Lynette Ford | Dec 5, 2022 | Featured, Perspectives |

I’ve got the joy joy joy joyDown in my heartDown in my heartDown in my heartI’ve got...

Samhain: Honoring The Ancestors

Posted by Wendy Priesnitz | Oct 24, 2022 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Perspectives |

Even as a child, I wasn’t a fan of Halloween. But I love Samhain, which I learned about as...

Leonora

Posted by Gary Phillips | Aug 29, 2022 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Perspectives |

Leonora used a variety of pronouns to describe themselves and I tried to follow, but they gave me an old-man-pass and never burdened me, though their friends who were many still argue about what they demanded to be called.

No Obligation

Posted by Alfred K. LaMotte | Jul 25, 2022 | Featured, Perspectives |

Thoughts arise and dissolve like clouds in the empty sky. You cannot grasp them, so why try? To realize that you are not under any obligation to believe in your thoughts is the dawning of freedom.

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The Braided Way

The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.