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Each Day Is an Opportunity Teacher A life is made of days. Each day is an opportunity to say something honestly, to make something more beautiful, to create something precious, to give a gift only we can provide for the fa…
A Prayer in Response to the Orlando Mass Shooting Comforting God, we awoke this morning to news of the deadliest mass shooting on United States soil in modern history. Once again we are called to prayer and reflection about gun violence and hate cr…
Moving Toward Justice Mystical Wisdom The call to mystical openness is echoed across millennia of humanity's wisdom; it is the call to discover the unitary point of view that holds the promise of a more just and pea…
A Prayer for an End to Hunger The World Bank and several United Nations agencies have reported that world hunger is gaining ground once again. Experts point to many causes for this, including droughts, high food costs, climate c…
To Behold with Awe We continue to work on The Reverence Project, identifying many passageways into the understanding and practice of respect and awe. Recently, I came across a copy of Creation Spirituality magazine, f…
Advice for Challenging Times I used to always turn to the books that surround me at the Center for solace, advice, and instruction. And books are great helps. But now I also can browse the Internet to find gems of insight for m…
Making Movies that Reflect Human Values Haskell Wexler (1922-2015), who died peacefully in his sleep on December 27, was a socially conscious cinematographer who believed in art as a means of reflecting human values. On Common Dreams, Abb…
Growing Spiritually Comic Wisdom When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, I used everything you gave me. — Erma Bombeck, Americ…
Gandhiji: The Father of My Nation by Prerna Chatterjee for KidSpirit’s Conflict and Peacemakers issue "Love feels no burdens, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; fo…
America's Moment of Reckoning Dr. Cornel West is an author, social critic, and democratic intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Prin…