“Why did God create human beings?  Because God loves stories.”

This is what Elie Wiesel concluded based on his studies of Jewish literature, and I love the idea, even though I must be a real disappointment to God since I can’t seem to tell stories, at least not orally.

My relationships with friends, colleagues and the members of the congregation I serve haven’t been threatened by my oral story-telling disability, and neither have my relationships with loved ones. With one…

One week removed from the lockdown of my city, spring is reclaiming our streets. In the moments and days following the Boston Marathon bombings, I watched my hometown transform into a combination of tragedy and heroism. In the week since, I have seen us move forward stronger and prouder, ever more dedicated to the causes of peace and justice. As someone blessed with full time work in interfaith engagement, I am proud. And as a Jew, we could not be at a more relevant time of year as we count…

Wolf Blitzer – prized journalist for CNN – made what some are affectionately referring to as a ‘teachable moment’ when he asked an atheist survivor (Rebecca Vitsmun) of the Moore, OK tornado:…

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\Graphic by Viacom International The Next Normal Project

Viacom International, the media corporation owning MTV networks and numerable communications platform  is spearheading an ambitious research endeavor. “The Next Normal” plans to be the largest, sharpest, and most…

Young adults take note that the North American Interfaith Network’s annual Connect conference offers substantial discounts when registering by June 15. This year’s events mark the 25th anniversary of the Canada-based organization planning on August 11 – 14 dates in Toronto with the banner “In Diversity is our Strength.”. Read…

Home is a concept that has little to do with a physical building, but everything to do with the emotional, psychological and spiritual space that we each occupy. We live in this space no matter where we are geographically, and no matter what dwelling we inhabit.

Still, there is something to be said about the physical structure that becomes a home. It is a place where multiple people occupy tangible and emotional space together and are tied to it by common memories.

When you…

A Hero of Mine

All of us can look back over our lives as educators and identify people who have been significant role models. One of those persons for me has been Huston Smith. Perhaps the most important American scholar of religions for five decades, Smith was born the son of Methodist missionaries in Dzang Dok, China, where he spent the first seventeen years of his life. Now ninety-three and confined to a chair in his assisted living apartment…

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What is "the matrix?"

The matrix is the space that we as humans develop culturally. We are all human social beings, we are born into community, a world that exists beyond us, yet we influence it as we choose. The matrix is inescapable. To exist in isolation biologically the human would die off. To exist in isolation…

Modern Christian Spirituality : Christianity for our times.

We invite people to rediscover the essence that lies at the heart of

all spirituality. Christian Spirituality offers a liberating Gospel of

Love : the spiritual path that brings us great healing & happiness :

what we might call - salvation.

E s s e n c e   o f   M o d e r n   C h r i s t i a n   S p i r i t u a l i t y

The wellspring of Modern…

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Mr. Righter brings with him more than ten years of knowledge in…

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The Life of a Layman

Full salvation is not possible for the layman unless, as the end approaches, he takes the vow of old age, containing the promise to die by voluntary self-starvation. And, according to the Digambaras, it is never possible for a woman unless she is first of all reborn as a man.

Jainism recognizes four sources of karma:

•Attachment to things of this life, such as food, clothing, lodging, women and jewels;

•Giving rein to anger, pride, deceit…

Christian Scientists think of angels as bright ideas. Angels are moments of clarity and expanded consciousness, moments of fresh vision and creativity, broadened perspective, and infusions of loving inspiration. Christian Scientists, who think of God as pure Mind, a divine principle of loving consciousness, see the intellect as a portal of revelation.

I come from a line of Christian Scientists, educated people devoted to the art of learning, whose hearts and imaginations are fed by…

Spiritual Reflection For Friday 17^th May 2013

There are benign entities with us, attentive to the efforts we make. When they see that we are sincerely trying to help, enlighten and support others, they come to help, enlighten and support us too, so that we may persevere with our…

(This is Part 3 of a 3-part series. See Part 1 and Part 2)

OFFENSE

Jesus was most recently portrayed in celluloid form by a Portuguese model with great hair.…

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The Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions in partnership with the DePaul University Office of Religious Diversity is convening a special one hour solidarity circle for interfaith leaders to meet Catholic priest, Padre Alejandro Solalinde, and his Caravan Opening Doors To Hope. 

Solalinde is traveling the U.S. with…