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A Prayer for the Change-Makers in America
July 4 is Independence Day in the United States. Many Americans have mixed feelings about this day. As our friends at the Network of Spiritual Progressives wrote several years ago:
"Faced with Ju…
Presidential Campaign Slogans
One of the major delights of the voting process in our democracy is the time, energy, and creativity spent on presidential campaign slogans. They're meant to energize and inform the public so that t…
Welcome to the Practicing Democracy Blog
Democracy is more than a system of government; it is a way of life. We can assess the vitality of a democracy by how well it is serving the people's needs and hopes. But a democracy's health is best…
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…
Unleashing America's Shadow
"With media complicity, Trump has unleashed the beast that has long resided not far from the American hearth, from those who started a Civil War to preserve the right to enslave a fellow human to th…
Recognizing a Deeper Unity
When I think about what practicing democracy in the United States means to me, I remember the framed replicas of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg address I …