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Four Bad Arguments for the Soul by Drew Jacob

Posted on February 27, 2013May 13, 2015 by State of Formation

When a priest decides there is no soul, the fan mail is not always fun to read. Luckily I’ve had plenty of practice. For two years I mused about whether the state of neuroscience is far enough ... Read More

Moving from Interfaith Dialogue to Multifaith Action

Posted on February 4, 2013February 4, 2013 by Amjad Saleem

Next week, the international community will be marking World Interfaith Harmony Week designated by the United Nations to occur annually in the first full week of February where there will be a cha... Read More

Finding the Divine on the Road

Posted on February 1, 2013February 1, 2013 by Rebecca Cohen

At the ripe young age of 15, I contracted a chronic affliction: the travel bug, that continual burning desire to go somewhere new, to experience something new. Those who suffer from this affliction kn... Read More

Taking the Spirit out of Spirituality

Posted on December 21, 2012December 21, 2012 by Amjad Saleem

Recently I have been reflecting on a series of internal discussions that I have been part of within a Muslim email group. A lot of the argument has centered about the practice of halal certificati... Read More

A Baptist Prays The Hail Mary

Posted on November 4, 2012November 3, 2012 by Madison McClendon

I am a Baptist, through and through. I feel it closely in my identity, and know the stories well. I can recite to you Walter Shurden’s work on historical Baptist distinctives. I love the story o... Read More

Encountering the Painful Past in the Present: A “Cloudy Water” Spirituality of Remembering the US-Dakota War of 1862

Posted on October 1, 2012September 30, 2012 by Hans Gustafson

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Dakota-U.S. war which resulted in the execution of 38 Dakota men in Mankato (MN) on December 26,1862. It remains the largest mass hanging in U.S. history. ... Read More

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

Reflections on Elul and Rosh Hashanah

Posted on August 31, 2012August 31, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

We are nearly halfway through the month of Elul, the final month of the Jewish year. With Elul’s arrival, we usher in a period of personal introspection, repentance and spiritual renewal, which take... Read More

Musar, Mindfulness and Counting the Omer

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

On the Jewish calendar, we are currently in the period known as Sefira or Sefirat HaOmer—the Counting of the Omer, a forty-nine day period between Passover and Shavuot. Each evening, beginning on th... Read More

Why Count the Omer in Sadness?

Posted on April 21, 2012April 17, 2012 by Joshua Stanton

After the joyful Seders and family gatherings have ended and we have entered more deeply into the Passover holiday, I often feel jarred by the Counting of the Omer. Traditional Jews mark this time bef... Read More