Building Bridges for Radical Belonging

Rev. Ben McBride encourages us to listen to our hearts as well as those of our neighbors to build bridges and live out our belonging to one another: You don’t have to have anything to get started, really: just a will, which I believe is already within you, and a way....

Change Through Relationship

In this interview for the Daily Meditations, Sikh activist and author Valarie Kaur places love at the center of our ability to bring about wholeness in a divided world: What does it mean to return to a kind of wholeness where the way that we love informs what we do in...

What If?

What If?there was a place where we could practicerespecting religious differences while honoring sameness?Perhaps then we could . . .recognize the face of our brother and sisterbeyond color, dress or language. What if?there was a place where we could...

In Italy, a school teaches reconciliation over revenge.

What if you had to be roommates with your enemy? That’s the idea behind a unique school in Italy. When students find calm away from conflict and ancient hatreds, the school has found, there is space to find peace. As conflicts rage around the world, there is a place...

Compassion

The following  excerpt was shared during the 2023 Interfaith Compassion Challenge organized by Servicespace.org and is from the foundation of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. It was offered by Ray Davis. He is a singer/songwriter, actor and Qabalist. He lives with his...