Togetherness—not Otherness—a Remedy for Global Healing
Human beings have an infinite capacity to be kind, generous, and supportive of one another. When...
Read MorePosted by Rebecca A. Ward | Jan 10, 2023 | Featured, Healing |
Human beings have an infinite capacity to be kind, generous, and supportive of one another. When...
Read MorePosted by Mónica Esgueva | Jan 2, 2023 | Featured, Visual Art |
The consciousness in you and the consciousness in me, apparently two, really one, seek unity...
Read MorePosted by Lory Widmer Hess | Dec 26, 2022 | Editor's Picks, Featured, Personal Journeys |
I am a Christian. It’s a loaded word these days, and I don’t use it very often, because I don’t...
Read MorePosted by Pardis Mahdavi | Dec 19, 2022 | Featured, Paths and Traditions |
A Persian festival, Yalda, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, with pomegranates,...
Read MorePosted by Lev Raphael | Dec 12, 2022 | Featured, Personal Journeys |
When I finally read the Gospels for research in my mid-fifties, over and over I am struck with the obvious: the ways in which Jesus loves those who are left out, marginalized, shunned and unloved. It is what David Nantais of Mercy College says: “Those who approached Jesus desired to be acknowledged as possessing dignity. I believe Jesus fulfilled their desires by looking them in the eyes and gently speaking simple words that we all hope to hear: that we are beloved, that someone sees and affirms our beauty, and that we do not have to face our fears alone.”
Read MoreThe 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.