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My Heart and Conscious Aging
My heart is a marvelous fist-size pumping organ whose chief duty is to deliver oxygen-rich blood to the cells and organs of my body. It labors tirelessly beating approximately 800,000 - 140,000 time…
How a Password Changed One Man's Life for the Better
In an article on GoodNewsNetwork, Maurico Estrella writes about being in a funk over his divorce. Then, to make matters worse, he arrived at the office to find the monthly directive to change the pa…
Just a Thought
By Mia Ginsberg
Have you ever thought about what it means to live?
Could You Be Friends with a White Supremacist?
Will D. Campbell, a progressive Baptist preacher, marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., in Birmingham and Selma, and served as a race relations troubleshooter for the National Council of Churches. Y…
Drawing Closer to Others
African Wisdom
Proverbs are a mirror in which a community can look at itself and a stage on which to expose itself to others.
— Patrick A. Kililombe in Towards an African Narrative Theology
Bathing the Body
There is a long and rich tradition of spiritual bathing in all the world's wisdom traditions. Bathing becomes a devotional act when we combine water, prayer, and ritual with the intention of sheddin…
Always a Beginning
New Year's is my favorite holiday. It's a day to do rituals, count blessings, and set intentions. Here's a favorite poem for today.
Nothing Is Ever Lost
Always there is a beginning —
a n…
A Prayer for the Change-Makers in America
July 4 is Independence Day in the United States. Many Americans have mixed feelings about this day. As our friends at the Network of Spiritual Progressives wrote several years ago:
"Faced with Ju…
A Prayer about Climate Change and Wildfires
Creator of trees, fire, wind, and warmth, You have given us the capacity to feel deep compassion for places and beings affected by wildfires. In 2012, Colorado suffered from a record-breaking wildfi…
"T" is for Transformation
So you must not be frightened . . . if a sadness rises up before you larger than any you have ever seen; if a restiveness, like light and cloud-shadows, passes over your hands and over all you do. Y…