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Improve Your Health through Face-to Face Connections
One definition of spirituality is the art of making connections. Separation is best avoided as a stumbling block to human flourishing. In an article in The New York Times, Barbara L. Frederickson po…
Good Ancestors
Catholic Wisdom
Relationships with those we love in this life do not end. Those we love in time and space continue to love us after they make the transition to that better life we call "eternal."…
How to Avoid Polarization in Sports and Politics
We don't attend many baseball games but we took some relatives to see a Yankees game. When someone in the crowd yelled in celebration of the opposing team, he was booed down and then pelted with a t…
Falling Out and Falling In
Lindsay McLaughlin lives at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat, an intergenerational community living on and with 1400 acres of forest and streams on a small mountain foothill of the Blue Ridge in West Vir…
Getting Started
After I decided that I would like to host a monthly ritual salon at my apartment, I sent out emails to friends I thought might be interested. Some of them were already part of a movie group; others …
Everything is Connected
Jewish Wisdom
If everything is connected to everything else, then everyone is ultimately responsible for everything. We can blame nothing on anyone else. The more we comprehend our mutual interde…
Daily Mitzvah
By Kushan Mehta
Religion in my household is very interesting. When you approach my apartment you will be greeted by a “Happy Hanukkah” floor mat. Then, one of the first things you see when yo…
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 …
Basketball Democracy
I have the great privilege of working with a group of kids at the church where I serve. The group is diverse: Every week we have kids of different ages, races, genders, and economic class background…
Arms, Hugs & Cuddles: The Path of Connections
Our arms are wonderful limbs for making connections in our lives. Each day, we use them in our interactions with others: receiving a package from a delivery person, paying a cashier for a purchase. …