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Practicing the Presence of God
Ways to make every moment of your life into a sacrament of communion with the Divine.
Truly Being Present
It is not easy offering advice or what we deem as wise counsel to family, friends, clients, spiritual directees, or others who are suffering, baffled, or lost. For an OnBeing.org column, Parker Palm…
Sacred Presence with the Dying
Guidance on how to create a peaceful and sacred environment for a person who is dying.
The Many Sides to Regret
In a snappy and thought-provoking article in the New Republic, Judith Shulevitz, the magazine's science editor, points to the now familiar parade of politicians, business figures, and celebrities ma…
The Pulse of God
Nature Wisdom
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
World Wisdom
Life is the gift of nature, but beautiful living is the gift of wisdom.
— Ancient Greek adage
The Documented Life
Sherry Turkle has been studying people's use of mobile technology for 15 years. In this article in the New York Times she reflects on a new way of life: "I share, therefore I am." But now what we wa…
The Absence Beneath My Skis
By Olivia Bailey in the KidSpirit Resilience issue.
"It’s no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."
— Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
The entranc…
Simplicity Is Already a Masterpiece
By Yani Li for KidSpirit's Simplicity and Complexity issue.
Let our worries wash away
the nuances of complexity
Like stars fallen from heaven’s seam,
swept into the darkness of a sorcerer’…
Running Instead of Living
By Milagros Miltos
What isolation made me discover is that I have been running instead of living.
My Safe Harbor
by Celie Johnson for Kidspirit's Numbers & Symbols Issue.
The world is irrelevant. All focus is on one thing: the present; every aspect and every physical thing, feeling, or emotion that creates …