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Rituals of Our Lives
Unitarian Universalist Wisdom
From beginning to end, the rituals of our lives shape each hour, day, and year. . . . If you understand them, you may enrich them. In this way the habits of a lifeti…
Reinventing Ethics
Ethics is what makes and keeps life human. As the headlines remind us, however, we do not always take the time to consciously consider our choices about how we could and should behave. Living an eth…
RIP Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano, the award-winning Latin American journalist, historian, and prophetic writer died of cancer on April 13, 2015 in Montevideo, Uruguay at the age of 74. He brought a distinct voice, w…
On Giving and the Good
Hindu Wisdom
Keep on giving — your time, your energy, your talent, your resources.
Everything is a trust given to you to be used for the benefit of others.
— Eknath Easwaran, meditation tea…
Questions Without Answers
By Akrash V. Mehta for KidSpirit's The Question of Meaning issue.
Perhaps I should start off by making one thing clear: I know nothing about anything I’m about to write about. This article is p…
Nobody Wears Tefillin on the Weekend
By Adina Gerwin
On one of the first crisp fall mornings of seventh grade, as I walked into prayer at my Jewish Day School, I noticed strange leather boxes hanging off my friend's arm.
Micropreneurs Reframing Work
In the last five years, according to authors Daniele Logue and Markus Hollerer writing on the conversation.com, the sharing economy or "micropreneurs" have been redefining work in a variety of ways.…
Meanings in Life
Teacher Wisdom
Sabbath is an incubator for wisdom. When we allow the rush and pressure of our days to fall away, even for a short time, we are more able to discern the essential truth of what lie…
Mapping Culture through a TV Competition
In a spunky article on theconversation.com, Katherine Meizel tallies up the impact of the American Idol TV show. She sees it as "a kind of guidebook for our entry into the 21st century." The show ha…
How To Change Someone's Mind
In this fascinating article by Elizabeth Svoboda on Greater Good Magazine's website, she takes a brisk look at the reasons why it is so hard for us to change people's minds. Deeply held beliefs are …