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Dangerous Division - Torah and Nature in Pirqei Avot

Dangerous Division – Torah and Nature in Pirqei Avot

Posted on October 23, 2015October 22, 2015 by Adam Zagoria-Moffet
There’s a famous mishna in the ethical tractate called Pirqei Avot (Chapters on Fundamentals), which says the following: Rabbi Ya’aqov said: One who is reviewing their Torah study while w... Read More
Virtue is its Own Reward: Why Michael Pollan’s "Cooked" is a Religious Text

Virtue is its Own Reward: Why Michael Pollan’s “Cooked” is a Religious Text

Posted on June 17, 2013June 18, 2013 by Rebecca Levi
After perhaps my 20th snide comment about something in "Cooked" that annoyed me, my fiancee asked me if I would please shut up and allow her to enjoy her food porn. This is an entirely reasonable req... Read More
State of Formation and Inter-Religious Prophetic Leadership

State of Formation and Inter-Religious Prophetic Leadership

Posted on September 30, 2012September 28, 2012 by Nicolas Cable
My work with State of Formation is exhilarating, mainly because it is built upon a beautiful model of emerging leaders empowering emerging leaders. We are an interreligious vocal minority rising to th... Read More
Transformation and Nature-Religious Leadership

Transformation and Nature-Religious Leadership

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Bridget Liddell
To be in a state of formation as an earthy person, a nature-religious person, is to seek a dynamic balance and to reconnect with a sense of the whole. Pausing for context: I am a twenty-three year-old... Read More
A Call to Care about the Environment

A Call to Care about the Environment

Posted on July 19, 2012July 19, 2012 by Andrew Schwartz
The world is in bad shape and not in a metaphorical sense.  No I mean the earth – the giant rock that we all live on – is in really bad shape. As of May 31, 2012, carbon dioxide readings ... Read More
Two Ways Through Life: Reflections on The Tree of Life

Two Ways Through Life: Reflections on The Tree of Life

Posted on July 12, 2011July 12, 2011 by Adam Hollowell
Last week an old friend insisted that I see Terrence Malick’s recent film, The Tree of Life. The film instructs us from the beginning that we must choose which way we will follow through life, the w... Read More
I am who I am: Why I am not an atheist

I am who I am: Why I am not an atheist

Posted on May 31, 2011June 1, 2011 by Stephanie Louise Fisher
Stop labelling me! I am far too suspicious and skeptical to be an ‘ATHEIST’. I am not Australian but I have two passports, New Zealand and United Kingdom. I’ve never believed in gods or reli... Read More
Best laid plans of mice and men

Best laid plans of mice and men

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Brad Bannon
This mouse-and-man story is a chapter in my state of formation – well intentioned and increasingly in the gray.... Read More

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