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Reverence, Not Revenge In a profound and ethically rich blog for The Denver Post, John Kane, a professor of Religious Studies at Regis University who has focused on interfaith dialogue, justice, and peace initiatives, pon…
Coexisting with Robots In an article on NewScientist.com, Aviva Rutkin writes about hitchBOT, a robot put out on the road as a hitchhiker. Then one day, it was found on the ground, with no head and its arms ripped out. Th…
The Mystery of Awe Jordan Rosenfeld in a nymag.com article reports on the explorations into the social and emotional functions of awe by psychologists. Jonathan Haidt and Dacher Keltner published a study of this form …
Make the Most of Your Sense of Touch Touch has been seen down through the ages as the oldest and most urgent sense. When we reach out to others, it often creates bonds that words cannot equal. Touch also breaks down walls of isolation …
Just Keep Swimming By Abraham Weitzman in the KidSpirit Resilience issue. My family places faith in DBT — Dialectic Behavior Therapy. DBT is based on a combination of accepting your feelings and behaving in a pos…
The Fire in My Belly I am standing up and breathing deeply into my belly, letting all cares and worries go. Just below my diaphragm is my abdomen, the center of gravity for me and, according to Hindu and Buddhist yogic …
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…
Love Should Conquer By Jawad Maayah I have been here long enough
Perpetual Wonder: A Spiritual Virtue "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it." — Alice Walker ​In the spiritual alphabet offered by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat…
Becoming More Empathetic We certainly can use more empathy in a world where national polls have shown an increase in narcissism (self-interest) and a decline in concern about the well-being of others. In an article in Yes M…