Excerpt from Sacred Space by Mitra Rahbar
The following essay appears in our Winter 2016 issue. The entire issue is available for immediate download.
From a very young age, we learn to...
Hineni. Your call to the Divine is a response to the call of the...
In the Old Testament story, when Isaac was called by God, he answered, “Hineni.” Translated from the Hebrew, hineni means, “Here I am, for...
Gathering in Peace
We have gathered
here
this evening
to celebrate
the miracle of Shabbat
The week has been
difficult
But hope shines
in the light from
the candles
we will find peace here
Listen to voices, flutes...
on worship, liturgies and finding god in the moments of inception
a foundation of the spiritual life is to not essentialize the spirit as an entity in itself. the spirit is not an entity, and...
What Children Know of Immortality
In a January news release from Boston University, Barbara Moran writes of a study led by Natalie Emmons that examined children’s beliefs about immortality. All...
Change is a Constant, But So Difficult to Embrace Sometimes
The essence of life is change. It's really the only thing we as humans can count on. Why do we fight against it so...
The days I ran away to a monastery
I suppose we all need to escape our present lives at times; the needs of them press so close around us that we forget...
Excerpt from What You Wish For by Ava Leavell Haymon
The following poem appears in our March 2013 Digital Issue. The entire issue is available for digital download.
In first grade print:
1. a trampoline 2....
Hope Immortal – by Cassondra Windwalker
Shamelessly I have chased the athanasia of the ones I love. I paint them on paper in impossible hues, determined that the glory of...
Excerpt from No Name by Penny Harter
This poem appears in our Autumn/Winter 2021 issue. Subscribe today to receive the entire issue or purchase it in digital format.
This morning I want...