Category: Spirituality

by Charlie Badenhop
During my first year in Japan I took a hitchhiking trip and went to numerous fishing villages on the west coast of Japan.
In one village I had the privilege of meeting a very special man. He was in his sixties and walked with a noticeable limp. He told me that as [...]

by Adam Rhine with Louise Temple
Much like medieval illuminated manuscripts that honor the divine, artist Adam Rhine has created watercolor paintings that become Jewish mandalas in Hebrew Illuminations. Rhine designed the mandalas — one for each of the 22 traditional Hebrew letters — as well as a mystical Magen David (Shield of David) series.
In [...]

By Gita Mehta
Perhaps the most popular god in the Hindu pantheon, the elephant-headed Ganesha is known by many names: the Pitcher of Prosperity, the Remover of Obstacles, the Grantor of Boons, the Guarantor of Success, and the Lord of Beginnings. It is hard not to recognize Ganesha, with his head of an elephant, protuberant [...]

by Rose Rosetree
How best can you protect yourself from zealots who insist on making your religious life their business? Many a glorious spiritual seeker has been told that he’s going to Hell. Bossy! Remember, nobody at Earth School has the right to interfere in the life of anyone else. (Exceptions are raising a child to [...]

by William Martin
With the flood of publicity likely from occur from The Da Vinci Code, Opus Dei, the organization cast as the ‘baddies’, are demanding cuts from the movie ’so as not to offend Catholics’.
Whether the publicity will actually offend Catholics are just give Opus Dei some unwelcome attention is open to question. http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1710298,00.html
“The Da [...]

by Jean Slatter
The vast majority of people believe in angels or a divine source of assistance. Enthusiasts often reveal dramatic stories of divine intervention that have clearly affected them at a deep level. One such story I heard recently brings tears to my eyes every time I think of it.
A mother recounted how she and [...]

by Max Weiman
People want spirituality to be more accessible, more real. Ironically, this desire turns people toward books of spiritual fiction. Cathy Booth Thomas of Time magazine reports that the Left Behind series has sold 42 million books, by fictionalizing the biblical “end of times.” It’s popularity notwithstanding, the books have been [...]