Religious Literacy and Interfaith Education for Kids
Happy Krishna Janmashtami {jon-MOSH-tah-mee}! Across India and around the world, devotees gather today to celebrate the birth of one of Hinduism’s most beloved …
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One of our favorite mid-August holidays is Obon, one of Japan’s most beloved traditions: a time to honor ancestors and welcome their spirits home. Often …
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Lent, the 40+ day preparatory period leading up to Holy Week, is arguably the most Christian time of the liturgical year. Institutional Christianity teaches …
Two water metaphors almost never used in Judeo-Christian traditions show up quite clearly in Eastern philosophies. From the Buddha, we see mental clarity being …
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I’m headed to San Francisco tomorrow for the Big I Conference! The “I” stands for all sorts of things – interfaith, interspiritual, integral and independent – …
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It’s that time of the year. Everyone in America seems to be talking about gratitude as we prepare for Thanksgiving and what used to be the start of the holiday …
In last week’s blog post, I talked about a Michelangelo sculpture housed in a Roman Cathedral called St. Peter in Chains. What I didn’t mention is that the …
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Metaphorically-speaking, going around in circles is viewed as less than desirable in the worlds I inhabit. It denotes a lack of progress. A waste of time. An …
My son got his back-to-school haircut over the weekend. A couple of haircuts ago, his barber gave him a pocket knife, of all things, as a rite of passage gift. …
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What do these couples have in common – Shirley MacLaine/Warren Beatty, Zeus/Hera, Richard/Karen Carpenter? They’re all famous (at least in some circles) …
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