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.
Birthday of Leonard Cohen
Celebrate Leonard Cohen's birthday with two documentaries on him and a book by him.
Yearning
Autumn: Reflections on the Season
Fall is a season for balancing light and dark, letting go, and accepting the impermanence of things.…
Transformation
Birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Celebrate the birthday of one of America's greatest writers and his views of the rich and the powerf…
Questing
Anniversary of Integration at Central High in Little Rock
(PDP) Recalling the courage of the Little Rock Nine at Central High School.
Justice
Sukkot
Celebrating Sukkot, the Festival of Booths.
Hospitality
Birthday of Confucius
Honoring "Teachers' Day," which commemorates Confucius's birth.
Peace
Birthday of Jelaluddin Rumi
Ways to celebrate the birthday of the great Persian mystic poet Rumi.
Yearning