The Paradox of Suffering Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Franciscan monk, Richard Rohr in his daily meditations for 10/24/2018. “My colleague James Finley is someone who incarnates the truth that the suffering we carry …can teach us great compassion and patience with both ourselves and others…. ” <read more…>
Love is Good for Your Brain Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt for this week comes from Tricia Gates Brown’s blog entitled “Love is Good for Your Brain.” “The other day I bumped into a friend at the local bakery. It was the week when I planned to participate in an ecumenical “liturgy of lament” in…
Recognizing Love Around You Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from On Being Columnist and Buddhist teacher, Sharon Salzberg entitled “How to Train Your Mind to Recognize the Love All Around You.” https://onbeing.org/blog/ “Valentine’s Day has a perverse way of making some people feel not just unloved, but unworthy….I wrote Real Love to…
Loving and Dying Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from a book by Ram Dass and Mirabai Bush entitled Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying. “Ram Dass has always seen life as a journey of growth and everything happens to us as an opportunity to learn, awaken, and grow. [We]…
Ceremonial Circle Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt for this week comes from a book by Sedonia Cahill and Joshua Halpern entitled Ceremonial Circle in which the authors interview several women who create and facilitate circle groups and events. “There really isn’t much you can do in life alone…. A small-group circle is the most ….”…
Checklist for Being the Change Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from Terry Patten’s course: A New Republic of the Heart: A Guide To “Being the Change” For Real. The purpose of the course is to “catalyze a new wave of human flourishing ….” <read more…>
Selfless Service Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from an article by Simran Jeet Singh published in the online journal, The Revealer, entitled “Why Sikhs Serve: The Tradition of Seva as Justice Inspired by Love.” “Despite only making up a small percentage of the global population, Sikhs continue to serve at the forefront…
Civil Conversation Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt for this week comes from a TED NYC talk by Megan Phelps-Roper, entitled “I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left.” “I was a blue-eyed, chubby-cheeked five-year-old when I joined my family on the picket line for the first time…. I’d stand on a…
Be the Peace Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from two sources: DailyOM blogger, Madisyn Taylor’s blog for 7/06/2018 on Dispelling Drama http://dailyom.com and ACIM teacher Jennifer Hadley’s Daily Espresso blog for 7/05/18 on Peace Training. http://jenniferhadley.com/2018/07/peace-training/. “There are scores of people in the world who seem to be magnets for calamity. They…
Shamanic Approach to Healing Weekly Blog Friends, The excerpt this week comes from the Shift Network Shamanism Global Summit.™ The first talk of the summit is from Sandra Ingerman. “From a shamanic perspective, when shamans consult with their helping spirits to help a person who is dealing with any kind of emotional or physical illness,…