In this poem, Mark Nepo reflects on experiencing wholeness through allowing things to break.
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The essence of Dr. Howard Thurman (1900–1981) and his thought emerges in a message of hope, reconciliation, and love.
Howard Thurman (1899-1981) was one of the finest thinkers and most influential preachers of his era. Yet Thurman's importance goes well beyond his influence on Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in the freedom struggle.
In order to have faith in God, we need to have knowledge of God. Who is God? What does He do? What is considered an authentic source of this knowledge?
With the warmth, insight, and understanding that distinguished his phenomenal bestsellers When Bad Things Happen to Good People and How Good Do We Have to Be?, Rabbi Harold Kushner addresses a critical issue in the lives of many: a spiritual hunger that no personal success can feed.
As we shelter in place during these challenging and uncertain times, many are turning to prayer, meditation and spirituality for answers and comfort and many are calling out to God.
True, lasting recovery requires us to create and maintain inner peace. For many, it springs from a practice of mindfulness, for others from the rituals of religion. But not everyone finds a connection with a Higher Power in those ways.
John Perry—author of the acclaimed Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality—revisits Gretchen Weirob in this lively and absorbing dialogue on good, evil, and the existence of God.
'Wherever You Turn Is the Face of God' -- talk by Camille Helminski, taken at the Baraka Retreat 2011
We offer these reflections on the “Ninety-Nine Names of God,” traditional to Islam and the Quranic revelation, to support the increased opening of our awareness to all the Generosity and Loving-kindness of the Divine Bestowal.
To be watched is to feel the expectation of the watcher. The driver is more careful with a police car behind, the high school athlete more adept with the cheerleader on the sideline, every performance heightened once there is an audience. To be seen is to behave differently.