Discovering Our Shadows in Exile
Beside the streams of Babylon, we sat and wept.—Psalm 137:1 Father Richard Rohr reflects on the fear, violence, and oppression that empires and nation-states continue to create, challenging us to respond: Few would deny that there’s a palpable and growing fear and...
How Morocco’s Abandoned Cemeteries Give New Life Across Faiths
From Reasons to be Cheerful Something special is taking place in Akrich, a typical rural village in Morocco backed by a breathtaking view of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains. Here is a compelling showcase of interfaith harmony, reinvigorated in recent years but dating...
Nonprofit Removes 300k Landmines in Sri Lanka
Allows 280k People to Return Home “Nothing epitomizes war’s destructive legacy more than landmines and unexploded bombs, which have terrorized the populations of dozens of countries for decades.” Halo Trust, a British nonprofit, saw a need and responded. They have...
Game-Changing Sport Cleans Streets
Turning litter-picking into a high-stakes competition, the sport of spogomi “turns the humble act of litter-picking into a high-octane contest with a side order of civic pride,” writes Robin Eveleigh. Founded in Japan by runner Kenichi Mamitsuka, who...Thoughts to ponder
