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The Spiritually Urgent Response To Our Ecological Crisis

The Spiritually Urgent Response To Our Ecological Crisis

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Christopher Fici
Continuing my series on being “A Yogi at Union” with an exploration on the need for an urgent and compassionate call from the spiritual/theological tradition concerning our existential ec... Read More
Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It

Evil Rising From Where We Tried to Bury It

Posted on September 3, 2012April 2, 2014 by Ted Dedon
In 1945, as Allied forces were closing in on him, Adolf Hitler took his own life. His death seemed to symbolize the end of the Nazi Empire. In recent times, there appears to be a Rise of the Evil Hi... Read More
A Faith Pretended: the Path at UN Rio+20

A Faith Pretended: the Path at UN Rio+20

Posted on June 21, 2012June 21, 2012 by Andrew Schwartz
Currently in Rio de Janeiro, over 50,000 people have congregated to take part in the UN Rio+20 Conference on Sustainability and Poverty Eradication. Over the past ten days since the conference began t... Read More
‘Tis the Season to Consume

‘Tis the Season to Consume

Posted on November 30, 2011November 30, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland
‘Tis the season to spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need. The twelve days of debt are upon us and the annual festival of fights has begun. Apparently pepper spray will be... Read More
A Prayer for the Opening of Gates (in the Middle East)

A Prayer for the Opening of Gates (in the Middle East)

Posted on September 27, 2011September 29, 2011 by Ela Merom
Awareness of insecurity and surrender to it can soften us to let Eternity in, can humble us enough to receive that which is beyond our false sense of control. This is what The Days of Awe, and the Jew... Read More
Guest Post: "Sixteen Tools in Sixteen Days: A Multifaith Activist Tool-Kit Against Gender Violence," By Lisa Anderson

Guest Post: “Sixteen Tools in Sixteen Days: A Multifaith Activist Tool-Kit Against Gender Violence,” By Lisa Anderson

Posted on November 30, 2010November 30, 2010 by Joshua Stanton
Thursday, November 25th, was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1999, this day marks the beginning of sixteen days o... Read More

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