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When we think of ceremony or ritual or liturgy, we often think of worship leaders whom we may call priests or ministers, rabbis or imams.
Hinduism honors creativity, art, and ritual-making. The Chandogya Upanishad says: Where there is creating, there is progress. Where there is no creating, there is no
Whirling dervishes dance their way into union with the Divine. It is a different form of meditation from sitting and meditating, but the results are
Joy mattered among our hunter-gatherer ancestors who expressed it in their rituals. As Barbara Ehrenreich observes in her iconic study on ritual, Dancing in the Streets, ecstatic ritual
We have been meditating for several months on the foundational question of our era: What does it mean to be a human being? We have
Is an election a referendum on What it means to be Human? Is it a referendum on our shared values, on the common good, on
The Celtic New Year occurred this weekend and New Years often elicits a kind of examination of conscience and a critical look into one’s soul
We are meditating on what animals have to teach us about spirituality and community. And it is plenty. In yesterday’s DM we considered seven lessons.
Some animals go out of their way to make community with humans and to join our families and our clan. Dogs, cats, horses and many
What renders AA groups and parallel groups they have spawned successful “communities”? They focus on both healing and truth-telling. Their essence is listening to one
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