When I was a freshman at university, I felt deep-down that learning itself was a calling. But my ego refused to accept this and pushed me to use learning as…
Listen: Can you hear it? There in your heart. A vibration. A resonance. A song. It heralds a fresh start - a greening, a blossoming, an awakening. Be still: Can you feel it brush gently past your skin –…
Some call her Mary. Peace be upon her. Muslims know her as Maryam. Peace be upon her. Muslims revere her. The Quran calls Maryam - peace be upon her - …
Progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans died after a sudden illness in 2019, at the age of 37, and the world lost a courageous and compelling voice for truth-telling and…
Truth is the ultimate spiritual companion. And honesty can transform foes into partners. This is a story that has been told as fiction, but its roots are in truth.... Sunrise…
Imagine waking up to the best day of your life -- every day. No exception. That's the promise of mindfulness. Don't believe me? Did you know that the former Surgeon…
Hope is ... an abiding state of being ... Become a chalice into which this divine energy can pour; a lamp through which it can shine.
Endings are always beginnings. Think of your life story as a circle instead of a straight line and you will see why. This practice, inspired by a poem by Christine Valters Paintner (read it all below), intends to open our awareness to the healing connection between what has been – and who has been – and what is.
The SDI Conference "Seeking Connection - Across Generations" (March 14-17, 2019) is an invitation to create community in a way that creates positive change.
When we humans lose our roots, we too begin to wither — losing our balance, our health and our spiritual foundation. I call this Ancestor Deficit Disorder — the new ADD. And I believe it is a spiritual epidemic.
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