(Moving from “Ought” to “How To”)
So what about loving our enemies? What do we normally feel, what do others who have modeled destructive behavior and attitudes expect us to feel and what can we possibly feel? Why should we choose not to feel what virtually everyone expects us to feel?
A paradigm-shifting journey into God as Self and the World as Heaven on Earth.
Every parent and educator will welcome the blend of multicultural tales, biographies, universal spirituality, and original fun adventures of children who could live on your street. Expansive, respectful, real, and warm with kindness, these stories offer possibilities for life to children and adults who feel in their heart that they belong to a larger reality.
The material we are exploring is controversial; the subject matter is often tied to deeply held beliefs. The intention of this study guide is not to change your mind but to challenge your beliefs.
It has been so hard to watch the events unfolding in Gaza and not fall into the ease of a hardline
I had long silently harboured a deep foundational belief that what the Church taught about forgiveness was wrong. My experiences of it being used by various Christian people, as well as the Church, against me to guilt me, reinforced it.
but, like in a good way
The one thing that enraged most people about Jesus of Nazareth was that he had the gall to tell people that their sins were forgiven when clearly there were systems of civic and religious power that were set up to make sure people got what they deserved.
When, if ever, is anger appropriate? If we want to be good actors in the world, and become the peace we’d like to see in the world, can we allow anger to exist? How do we know when anger is ok and how much anger is ok?
Walking with the Spiritual but Not Religious takes a fresh look at being a spiritual companion for those who self-identify as something other than religious—SBNR, Nones, not religious, agnostics, atheists, people who have experienced something unexplainable, and those who have encountered the paranormal (religious or otherwise).
Is it "Christianity meets Burning Man," "Richard Rohr meets Russell Brand," or "Communion Wafers meet Psychedelic Spirituality"? Yes! This and more.
Wading out of a hard time is awful. But it’s really all we can do. There is no panacea. No miracle fix. No post-it note on the side of a monitor—“take time to notice what is right”—will instantly un-funk a funk.
Discover Your True Nature & Get Shift Moving
Spiritual Constipation is a breath of fresh air in an often-musty genre.
The Angelic Sound of Healing, Relaxation and Spiritual Awakening
This book is not only a thorough and practical instruction manual to get started with crystal singing bowls, it offers inspiring stories and guidance from Ashana’s twenty-plus years of playing, teaching, and healing through crystalline sound.
Advent holds such a sacred space – the story and formation of the womb is tucked into our souls. Advent is most often thought of as an individual journey, even though we may celebrate together.
with Alexis Pauline Gumbs
It is our hope that our time together nourished your spirits and inspired your work as the change agents, healers and light workers that you are.
Mythic Christ Podcast offers an online community for exploring mythic structures of story, archetype, dream, and the deep imaginal realm within religious traditions to explore a growing collective longing to rewild our divine images in order to support the reawakening of the mystic perennial wisdom of Earth and soul.
Interfaith Wisdom for a Postmodern World
Divine Sparks presents practical and inspiring wisdom from the world's great religious traditions for men and women of all faiths—or none.
Reclaim Your Intuition and Step into Your Power
With the powerful voice of a woman, pastor, mother, and advocate, Rev. Aurelia Dávila Pratt gives us the compassionate nudge and tools we need to access our inner authority.
Jesus was, however, not the first person to challenge the lex talionis (law of retaliation) – the belief that if you are harmed it is OK to follow your gut and harm the person who harmed you.
Are you searching for a way to connect children with an authentic spiritual experience that is inter-spiritual, creative and multi-layered? "A Joyful Path" is truly progressive Christian curriculum that is inclusive, joy-full, compassionate, and intelligent.
"The Dandelion Seed" is a story about a seed that is scared to let go, but the wind blows it away. It sees a lot of different things in the world and eventually lands, turns into a dandelion flower, and then casts its own seeds.This popular, simple book is beautiful and touching.
“Never in any case whatever is a genuine effort of the attention wasted. It always has its effect on the spiritual plane and in consequence on the lower one of the intelligence, for all spiritual light lightens the mind.”
Meditations on the Epistle of James
The Epistle of James is the most practical book of the Bible. Every word in the epistle is directly relevant to contemporary living, offering lessons about life drawn from life—topics such as riches and poverty, speech and anger, faith and works, patience and hope.
We continue our meditations on Evil and Hatred. To go deeper, to face these realities, we must become stronger. How do we do that?
Burklo’s book refocuses Christianity away from doctrine and belief to knowing God through mindful practice and the compassionate action that follows from an enlarged perspective.
A Review
This is an important book because it provides clear evidence that spiritual practices work. Imagine if the members of Congress meditated before the start of each session.
Meditation, Movement and Meaningful Work to Manage Challenging Moods
Practicing Mental Illness is a guide to using meditation, movement and meaningful work to help manage affective disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety. Not a typical book on mindfulness, it acknowledges where mindfulness practices as taught today can be helpful, and where methods and teachings in popular mindfulness can be very damaging to people with mental illness.
The practice of contemplating the Stations of the Cross, depicting the final hours of Jesus’ life, is a very old one. Many Catholic churches have gardens or sanctuaries in which the stations are situated. Each of the 14 stations marks a point along the way to Jesus’ death.
Do you love who you are becoming? Are you enjoying the giddy delight of tumbling down the flume? Because in your delight in becoming, the Knower within you will transform your relationship to time, and usher you into the eternal now - the kin-dom of heaven on earth - where there is nothing to grasp, and everything to love...