Expanding Our Images of God

Author Shannon K. Evans finds in Julian of Norwich a model for how to expand our images of God: To Julian of Norwich, feminine depictions of God were not radical, subversive, or rebellious. They were obvious, inevitable, and clear. She didn’t feel the need to defend...

Excerpt from “Keep Going or The Art of Perseverance”

Joseph Marshall III, Lakota writer, historian, teacher. “A young man asked his grandfather why life had to be so difficult sometimes. This is the old man’s reply. “Grandfather says this: ‘In life there is sadness as well as joy, losing as well...

Let Your Light Shine: The Path to Collective Healing and Love

Things are not always as they seem. And in our life, we may have the tendency to jump to conclusions or go by appearances. Yet, many truths are hidden and need to be revealed. Our inner guidance needs to be attuned to as it is not always obvious. Yet when we are open...

To those I love and those who love me

When I’m gone, let me go!Let me go.For I have so much to do and see!Don’t cry when you think of me!Be grateful for the beautiful yearsDuring which I gave you my love!You can only guessThe happiness you’ve brought me!I thank you for the love everyone...

Mending the World

CAC teacher Mirabai Starr writes of Judaism’s affirmation of tikkun olam—human participation in the world’s restoration: There is a kabbalistic story in which the boundless, formless, unified Holy One wished to know its Holy Self, and so it contracted and poured...

We are Here to Love

We are here to love and not to hate,To seek the paths of peace, not war,To forgive and not to avenge,To learn deep life lessonsFrom each other. We are here to learn the laws of Love,The laws of Wisdom,The laws of Truth,The laws of Justice,The laws of Goodness,The laws...