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The Benefits of Inspiration
In a well-done and needed essay in The Aspen Journal of Ideas, Scott Barry Kaufman, the Scientific Director of the Imagination Institute in the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsy…
Receiving Ritual
Reading Joyce Rupp's book The Cup of Our Life, I was inspired to create a "receiving ritual" by this suggestion:
"Hold the empty cup in your hands.
Look at all the room the cup has for filli…
Seeing Beyond Expectations
I first began listening to podcasts in the fall of 2015 and a favorite soon became Invisibilia, which “explore[s] the invisible forces that shape human behavior — things like ideas, beliefs, ass…
Master of Many Trades
In this article in Aeon.com, Robert Twigger writes about the rise of the monopath in our society. The term refers to a person who focuses on one thing and becomes an expert. Such people are widely r…
Opening Your Heart
Multifaith Wisdom
Open to the Spirit in all faiths.
— Bede Griffiths, Christian mystic and interspiritual pioneer
In Praise of Failures and Mediocrities
It's possible to stumble upon as essay on the Internet that shakes you to the core. That's what happened when I came across "In Praise of Bad Art (And Bad Saints)" on the Faith and Theology website …
Hearts Across the Divide
This post has been contributed by Susan Strouse, a retired Lutheran minister who is author of The INTRAfaith Conversation and an organizer of an initiative called Hearts Across the Divide: Reclaimin…
Armed Drones and Perpetual War
Carrie Johnson in npr.org sums up a report by the Stimson Center, a nonpartisan Washington think tank that includes a number of former Pentagon and C.I.A. officials. It contends that the U.S. policy…
Different Than, Not Better Than
Reflections on being open to all the creatures of the Earth.
Great Expectations
Simple practices to help you break free of the stumbling blocks created by expectations.