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Something New
An accomplished African-American woman falls in love with a laid-back white man and realizes he is interested in her true self when he paints her toe nails with a bright red polish.
Keepers of Life
A Seneca-Eastern Woodland story about trees as good medicine for the people.
Christianity Looks East
Models interspirituality with a dialogue between John of the Cross and Buddhaghosa.
Start Where You Are
Trungpa Rinpoche's advice on not trying to fix people.
Tales from the Tao
Chunag Tzu offers a teaching story on the spiritual practice of you.
The Holy Longing
Ronald Rolheiser on how our prayers need our flesh to back them up.
What Do Jews Believe?
Edward Kessler's parable on the paradoxical nature of optimism, or hope.
Eastern Wisdom for Western Minds
Victor M. Parachin's two passages on forgiveness: as a relief of bitterness and a practice of peace.
Welcome to the Wisdom of the World and Its Meaning for You
Joan Chittister's teaching story about knowing what is in a sacred text.
A Look at Modern Social Issues
Venerable Master Hsing Yun on the spiritual practice of compassion as related to organ donation