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Prayer for Mexicans Who Have Died in the American Desert A powerful documentary in the PBS series "Independent Lens" titled The Undocumented, directed by Marco Williams, focuses on efforts to identify the 200 Mexicans each year who die while making the cr…
Welcoming the Spiritually Independent Let's stop being so negative about the group that is transforming religion and spirituality in the 21st century. One-fifth of the American public – and a third of adults under 30 – do not identi…
Elders with Time to Experiment There comes a time when Baby Boomers realize that they are no longer the youngest clients at a favorite resort, restaurant, or health club. In an article in The New York Times, Michele Willens write…
A Prayer to End Global Economic Inequality Hearer of All, we pray that you will watch over and protect those who are suffering around the world as a result of economic inequality. Report: Elites and citizens agree that economic inequalit…
Where Does Morality Come From? By Zach Young for KidSpirit's Ethics and Morality issue. What are morals and where do they come from? Is morality like the laws of physics, ironclad dicta from nature? Or is morality like lang…
Life as an Art Hindu Wisdom When the eyes and ears are open, even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the Scriptures. — Kabir quoted in Legacy of the Heart by Wayne Muller
A Prayer for Those Who Are Unconcerned About Economic Inequality Compassionate One, we pray that you will guide, sustain, and take care of those who are suffering as a result of economic inequality around the world. In the United States, there is the greatest gap…
When Ministry Doesn't Pay Mindy Mayes is a 29-year-old African American woman who was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church. She was called to Bethel AME, founded in the 1850s. The building needs repair, a…
The Color Orange One of my singular pleasures since leaving New York City and moving to Claremont, California, is squeezing myself fresh orange juice every morning. The campus of our intentional community has many o…
An Elder Hero for the Ages Writer Milan Kundera is convinced that the modern era — and with it, the novel — began with The Adventures of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, which was published in 1605. It revolves around …