Naming The Days
"You have got to own your days and name them, each one of them, every one of them, or else the years go right by and none of them belong to you," wrote Herb Gardner in his play A Thousand Clowns. Join us as we meditate upon the meaning of our days and "name" them through rituals, readings, spiritual practices, and special activities. Days marked as (PDP) are part of The Practicing Democracy Project.
World AIDS Day
Ideas, practices, and DVDs to accent the crisis and things to be done to raise awareness about this …
Compassion
Birthday of Harry Chapin
(PDP) Remembering the singer/songwriter whose story songs focused on the challenges facing Americans…
Connections
Human Rights Day
Make vow, read up on a cause, sensitize your self with documentaries about on human rights to observ…
Reverence
Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Annual feast day to mark the appearance of the Virgin Mary in 1531 and her significance to the poor …
Devotion
Feast Day of St. Lucia
Honoring the light of generosity in the life of Lucia of Syracuse.
Love
Feast Day of St. John of the Cross
Honoring the life and work of the great Christian mystic and poet St. John of the Cross
Yearning
Birthday of Jane Austen
Celebrate the birthday of this beloved English writer by watching the movie versions of her classic …
Imagination
Birthday of Margaret Mead
Honoring the anthropologist who insisted on the value of human diversity.
Connections
Birthday of Bede Griffiths
Affirming the interspiritual vision of the Benedictine monk with a reading, a screening, and a mantr…
Hospitality
Birthday of Paul Klee
Frolicking with the playful paintings of the French artist.
Imagination
Winter Solstice
Getting in touch with the deeper meanings of the Winter Solstice through readings, practices, poems,…
Reverence
Christmas
Four readings for Christmas Day by Howard Thurman about hope, Madonna and Child, and the challenge o…
Hope
Birthday of Pablo Casals
Celebrating the musician's birthday by reflecting on some of his ideas.
You
John Main Day
A day to try the Christian meditation practice of Benedictine John Main.
Devotion
New Year's Eve
Remember with gratitude the past year's challenges and joys.
Meaning