Journey to the Divine: A Near-Death Experience
Heaven was an experience more than it was a place. I felt an overwhelming sense of love that penetrated every fiber of my being.
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Goddess In The Woodpile
A lot of creatures like to shelter under a woodpile, and I was amazed at all that boiled out as I carried the wood from a loose pile to my new stack: wood crickets, skinks, just-hatched fence lizards, a field mouse family, wolf spiders . . . I was slow and let them all find their new places.
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How Prayer Changes Your Brain
Prayer rituals and meditation can help us reach those higher, more advanced levels of self-awareness and consciousness—and literally change our brain.
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Swept by Two Birds and a Rose
The Big Bird, that’s what I call the Holy Ghost, the one who comes with wings and tongue of fire. The One, the Mercy Sisters taught me long ago, whose Pentecost arrival brings the gifts of light and sacred speech. As I age, I am ever more hungry for the gifts of the Big Bird. I hunger for light. I want to hear God speak.
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What Buddha Taught Me about Jesus
I arrive in Kyoto during the Bon Festival as tiny boats with candles are launched along the Kamo...
Read MoreThe 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.