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Heat & Practice & Pandemic News
This summer many parts of the United States and elsewhere around the world have been dealing with unusual heat because of the weather and a different kind of heat generated by families living and wo…
A Prayer in Awe of Mamoudou Gassama's Spontaneous Courage
What we do in emergency situations speaks volumes about who we are, as 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama's courage and quick reflexes show. Upon seeing a child dangling from a fifth-storey Paris apartmen…
Believing in Beginnings
Prayer
O God, help me to believe in the beginnings
and in my beginnings again,
no matter how often I've failed before.
—Ted Loder in Guerrillas of Grace
"B" is for Being Present
“The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you’re worrying about whether you’re hopeful or hopeless or pessimistic or optimistic, who cares? The main thing is that…
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…
Zen Encounters with Loneliness
A radiant and lyrical mix of edifying meditations and pensive poems.
The Spiritual Dimensions of Conscious Aging
A sampling of new views of aging.
Groundhog Day
A Discussion Guide to the romantic comedy about a weatherman who keeps repeating the same day until he realizes he needs to transform himself.
The Spiritual Practice of Patience
The world's spiritual traditions tell us that patience is good to have in times of stress and difficulty. Here are things you can do every day to increase your supply.
Learning to Be Content
How to practice contentment: Want what you have. Don't make comparisons. Accept your imperfections.