Discovering Our Shadows in Exile

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...
Judgment vs. unconditional love

Judgment vs. unconditional love

Excerpt from Pierre Pradervand’s book The Gentle Art of Blessinghttps://pierrepradervand.com/the-gentle-art-of-blessing/ A spirit of judgment (with its derivations of labeling, cheap criticism, and above all the habit of comparing people and their achievements)...
The Work of Grief and Love

The Work of Grief and Love

Buddhist teacher and environmental activist Joanna Macy (1929–2025) identifies four stages of work that support our ongoing participation in the healing of the world:  The spiral of the Work That Reconnects maps out an empowerment process that journeys through four...
Be Brave and Be Yourself

Be Brave and Be Yourself

Excerpt from How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life, Innerself.com magazine, July 28, 2025, By Marie T. Russell Each one of us is unique. We are the only person like us in the whole Universe. So, when we try to be like someone else, not only are we not being true to...