Recent Spiritual Readings of the Day

Marcus J. Borg, Ross Mackenzie in God at 2000 Joan Chittister on a true image of God.
Jim Manney in What Matters Most and Why Reflections on humility and hubris.
Dana Sawyer in The Perennial Philosophy Reloaded A greater reality that Perennialists see.
Desmond Morris in Body Guards Desmond Morris on the meanings and definitions of body guards.
John Tarrant in Bring Me the Rhinoceros John Tarrant on the meaning of not picking and choosing but accepting what's happening as right.
Michael Dwinell in From Within the Heart of God Michael Dwinell reimagining Jesus feeding of the 5,000.
Jamie Kreiner in The Wandering Mind Memory as a tool in the lives of medieval monastics.
John R. Stowe in The Findhorn Book of Connecting with Nature John R. Stowe on our disconnection from the ecological systems that support all of life.
Suzanne Stabile in The Journey toward Wholeness How to manage your thinking if you're an Enneagram Type Seven.
Carol Orsborn in Fierce With Age Carol Osborn on how aging gives us the chance to grow whole.
Beatrice Bruteau in Radical Optimism Beatrice Bruteau on becoming aware of the role of our imagination in our everyday inner life.
Michael Arendt in The Shooting Script: Little Miss Sunshine Michael Arndt's scene from Little Miss Sunshine where a grandfather nurtures his granddaughter.
Christopher Hill in Holidays and Holy Nights Christopher Hill on the celebration of the powerful festival of fall.
David Spangler in Blessing
Richard J. Foster in Celebration of Discipline How the classical Disciplines of the spiritual life beckon us to the Himalayas of the Spirit.
Trish Harrison Warren in Liturgy of the Ordinary An example of how to change an imprinted behavior, such as checking your smartphone first thing in the morning.
Bonnie Louise Kuchler in One Heart Andrew Harvey (in a book edited by Bonnie Louise Kuchler) on his father's legacy of kindness.
Lynn L. Caruso, editor in Blessing the Animals
Coleman Barks, Jelaluddin Rumi in Delicious Laughter A poem by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks, on the assurance of mercy.
Mary Lou Kownacki in Old Monk Mary Lou Kownacki's poem on what a relief it is to abandon certainties.
Deborah Tannen in The Argument Culture Deborah Tannen on the key characteristiscs of war's barrier to hospitality.
Cyndi Dale in The Subtle Body Cyndi Dale on how disease is caused by energetic imbalances.
Susan Verde in Say One Kind Thing Remaining a beginner.
Tom Stella in A Faith Worth Believing Tom Stella on the energy and power of hope.
Edward Hays in Pray All Ways Edward Hays on sleep as a parable of prayer and a loosening of overmanagement of life.
Jay Cleve in Path of the Sacred Pipe Jay Cleve on inhaling and exhaling smoke as the ebb and flow of life.
Catherine Meeks in The Night Is Long but Light Comes in the Morning Questions to ask yourself.
Joan D. Stamm in Heaven and Earth Are Flowers Joan Stamm's profile of a teacher of the art of ikebana who has a true flower heart.
Madeleine L'Engle in Glimpses of Grace How a gift for having fun can protect children from irrationality and despair in the world.
Elizabeth Mae Magill in When Did We See You? Can wealth ever be for good?