What Jesus, Buddha, and Lao Tzu Taught My Students
There is something humbling about discovering that an idea you thought belonged exclusively to your own tradition can also be found somewhere else.
Read MorePosted by George Cassidy Payne | Nov 5, 2026 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Paths and Traditions |
There is something humbling about discovering that an idea you thought belonged exclusively to your own tradition can also be found somewhere else.
Read MorePosted by Alina Zollfrank | Oct 29, 2026 | Editor's Picks, Featured, grief, Mysticism, Nature |
I sensed an otherness amidst this void, this loss, this sadness.
Read MorePosted by Naomi C. Gades | Oct 22, 2026 | Featured, Nature |
The ache of beauty in a sunset and at the water pulls on my soul. It is more than we can hold, more than we can possibly deserve as we pretend we are not ruins in progress…
Read MorePosted by Lev Raphael | Oct 13, 2026 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Perspectives |
This painting gave her strength.
She didn’t say more.
Posted by Samuel Arizpe | Oct 8, 2026 | Featured, Personal Journeys, Spiritual Practice |
I know that the communion of saints is love. Love in the hands. Love in the feet.
Love in the eyes.

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.