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A Taste of God
Everyday Spirituality
Gratitude is the intention to count-your-blessings every day, every minute, while avoiding, whenever possible, the belief that you need or deserve different circumstances.
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Prayers for Thanksgiving
Today's news is troubling. Bombs are falling in Gaza and Israel. People are still suffering from the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy. Yet once again in the United States, we are asked to open our heart…
A Prayer for Holiday Shoppers
The December holidays mean that millions of people all over the world will head out to malls, department stores, and shops to purchase gifts. In the United States, the shopping frenzy started on "Bl…
What Life Is About
Christian Wisdom
"Help" is a prayer that is always answered. It doesn't matter how you pray -- with your head bowed in silence, crying out in grief, or dancing. Churches are good for prayer, but …
The Blessing of the Masks
We recently heard from Nell Wulff in St. Louis, Missouri, and Moe Nieman in Cincinnati, Ohio, who together wrote a blessing for face masks. They agreed to share it and invited us to do so. You may w…
Daily Kindness
Buddhist Wisdom
Take care of the body.
Respect and love it,
and it will give you
all that is required
on your journey.
— Donald Altman in Reflect
Definition
Respect is love in plain …
Making Connections
Blessing
Blessed be the people we carry in our blood.
Blessed be the places we carry in our bones.
May our living make a way for those who come after
a path of blessing, a path of beauty.
—…
Destined to Fly
Question
Each of us must ask ourselves one question: What am I doing to increase the sum of hope in the world?
— Arthur Burns quoted in Hope Notes by R. Wayne Willis
Mystic Wisdom
If you…
I Will Sing to You
Practice
See yourself as a source of happiness for others. You can't "make" them happy but you can certainly affect their quality of life through your own good humor and goodwill.
— Stephani…
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…
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