By Homa Khaleeli — 2013
At 23, the woman who called Saddam Hussein 'uncle' set up Women for Women International, to help those affected by war. Twenty years on, she talks about her latest mission in the Middle East.
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A brilliant author who organized with Dr. King and served on the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Mere waiting and looking on is not Christian behavior.
To heal the deep wounds of racism, Jan Willis turned to Buddhism and is now cited by Time magazine as one of America’s spiritual leaders. David Pesci talked with her about her journey from the crushing injustices of life in the Jim Crow South to the thin air of the shrine called Swayambhu.
No one disputes that decades ago local Indians were unfairly deprived of hundreds of thousands of acres that were guaranteed to them in perpetuity by solemn treaty; yet no one can agree about what should be done to correct that injustice today.
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When Dossey first came across experimental data in various journals showing that prayer affected positively the outcome of medical treatment, he wanted nothing to do with it.... Even so, the evidence seemed too convincing to ignore.
The author writes that what she does on behalf of healing any individual or being must also be healing, even if not directly extended, for the world itself.
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In a very special interview, Satish Kumar shares his greatest adventure, inspiration and how we can find connection with the Earth.
Satish Kumar has spent much of his life walking the Earth to spiritually connect with nature; now he wants environmentalists and all of us to forget gloomy predictions and follow in his footsteps. John Vidal reports
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum is spreading light this Hanukkah, not with a menorah, but with love.
According to conventional wisdom, when you’re sick, you call the doctor. (And maybe your mom.) But your trusty MD may not be the only one who can cure what ails you—especially if you’ve paid him or her a visit already and still aren’t feeling well.