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A Prayer for Forgiveness of Our Daily Pollutions
Global warming, notes this article by Jon Queally on CommonDreams.org, is making the world hot and dry and also cold and wet. It snowed last week in Jerusalem. China is enduring its coldest winter i…
A Prayer for the Birds
Poet and Rumi translator Coleman Barks has observed that all the mystical traditions revere birds and their songs. They represent our yearnings for purity, freedom, play, and deliver "messages of in…
Prayer for Perishing Trees
A new study in the journal Science reports that some of the largest and oldest trees of the world are dying. There are many causes and among them are the selfish and short-sighted habits of human be…
This Blog on Body Spirituality
The world's religions encourage us to view the body as a reliable companion, as a capable mediator of our experience in the world, as a wise teacher, as a vehicle for transformation, and as a temple…
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…
The Sufi Practice of Adab
In these adversarial times when most people are too busy or rushed to practice manners or respect for others, Sufis are the finest ambassadors of civility that we have come across. Those on this mys…
The Earth and Me
By Fatema Karimi for KidSpirit's Unity and Division issue.
I feel very lucky to be part of the Muslim community where I can study how humanity affects the earth, as well as understand my duty …
The Awesome Experience of Listening to Rock
One of our favorite rock critics was Richard Goldstein; he was a pioneer in the genre. After graduating from Columbia University's journalism school in 1966, he began writing about pop music for the…
Should We Serve Nature or Should Nature Serve Us?
By Fizza Raza for KidSpirit's Nature issue.
The earliest records of history show that nature, in all its shapes and forms, has served humanity. From rocks used as hunting tools to fruit used a…
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…