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A Prayer for Monarch Butterflies
In an article in The New York Times, Lincoln Brower and Homero Aridjis note the winter monarch colonies near Mexico City have shrunk considerably. Between 1993 and 2003, they covered an average of 2…
A Prayer for the Bees
Discovery.com reports that the United Nations is urging international efforts to save bee colonies which are in serious decline, especially in the industrialized northern hemisphere. Among the reaso…
A Prayer for Victims of Air Pollution in China
Creator God, we have learned that 16 of the world's 20 most polluted cities are in China.
Observation: Beijing is filled with people wearing masks over their nose and mouth to protect against the…
Praise for My Kidneys
By far, the most pain I have ever experienced was when I had kidney stones. They are accumulations of mineral salts varying in size from microscopic to the size of a fingertip that form in the kidne…
I Am a Body of Water
We first experience water in the undulating sea of our mother's womb as we are floating in the dark and warm current of amniotic fluid. No wonder we closely identify with the many creations myths th…
Bathing the Body
There is a long and rich tradition of spiritual bathing in all the world's wisdom traditions. Bathing becomes a devotional act when we combine water, prayer, and ritual with the intention of sheddin…
A Prayer in Response to the Arizona Shootings
On January 8, 2011, Gabrielle Giffords, a Democratic member of the U.S. Congress, was shot in the head outside a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona, while holding a public event. Six other people at t…
A Prayer for Being More Careful with E-Waste
Dear Source of Life, the amount of e-waste is growing every day, and the nations of the world are not dealing safely or efficiently with it.
Fact: By 2017, the global volume of discarded refrige…
Keeping Custody of the Tongue on the Internet
Talk Radio (1988) is a firecracker of a film about the shock-jock star of a popular late-night call-in radio show in Dallas, Texas. He's a verbal spritzer in love with his ability to handle the lone…
Lungs and Breath as Spiritual Teachers
"Experiencing my body, I breathe in.
Smiling to my body. I breathe out.
Calming my body, I breathe in.
Smiling to my body. I breathe out."
Thich Nhat Hanh has taught me more about my body than…