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A Prayer of Gratitude for the Pleasure of Sharing Photos Online
Singer in My Soul, we are so thankful for the millions of people who derive so much delight and satisfaction from sharing photos online.
Fact: About 4,000 photos are taken every second in the U.…
A Prayer for the Victims of Domestic Violence
Shekinah, we ask for your guidance and direction to protect wives assaulted in their own homes by husbands and partners.
Fact: Serbia is in the grips of a domestic violence crisis: official figur…
Destined to Fly
Question
Each of us must ask ourselves one question: What am I doing to increase the sum of hope in the world?
— Arthur Burns quoted in Hope Notes by R. Wayne Willis
Mystic Wisdom
If you…
Ten Years with Pope Francis
The Religion News Service (RNS) is an independent, nonprofit, and award-winning source of global news on religion, spirituality, culture and ethics, reported by a staff of professional journalists. …
Uncovering the Hijab
By Misbah Awan in The Soul of Gender
“Towel-Head. Tablecloth. Batman. Ninja. Oppressed. Raghead. Terrorist. Do you have Cancer? Do you have hair? Do you shower with it on? Oh, you can think?…
A Prayer for the 7 Billion People of the Earth
As of October 31, 2011, according to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be 7 billion people on the planet. China and India are the two most populous nations. Large challenges face the peoples of t…
Prayer for the Kidnapped Nigerian Girls and All Their Sisters
The evening of April 15, 2014, armed men stormed into a boarding school in northern Nigeria and herded hundreds of girls into their vehicles; 50 girls escaped but 276 are still missing. They were ta…
Connections to Life
Native American Wisdom
On receiving a letter, I often pause before opening it and ask that I will be open to the one sending it and to any message God might be addressing to me.
— Jose Hobday …
50 Years of the Same Street
In our book Spiritual Literacy, we recounted a scene from the movie Smoke. Auggie owns a cigar store in Brooklyn and every morning at 8 a.m., he takes a photograph of his special place on Earth from…
Ankles and Wobbling
I remember with pleasure striding down the street as a young man filled with energy and nothing on my mind except reaching the place I was going to with speed and graceful movement. In New York City…