
Animals, Community, and Holiness
Spiritual traditions world-over have taught the sacredness of animals. E. F. Schumacher observed, “There have been no sages or holy men in our or anybody’s history
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Spiritual traditions world-over have taught the sacredness of animals. E. F. Schumacher observed, “There have been no sages or holy men in our or anybody’s history

Several days ago I shared a number of questions I would pose to Ms. Barrett before the Senate hearings. Now, having seen her in action

We are pausing our discussion on human community to consider some animal communities hoping they might shed some light on our own. In the second

In yesterday’s DM, I cited a striking passage from Safina’s book that stated that humans learned that whales are not a thing but, rather, neighbors

Speaking of community, it can be useful to turn to other species to learn about community. In his rich book, Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures

Speaking of community, it is fitting to ask the following question: What is the opposite of community? What are the primary obstacles of community? Let

Without a context bigger than ourselves, we all—whether we identify as right, left or none of the above—suffer from an “I am right, you are

A sacred pledge or vow is a wisdom practice that articulates the common values that a community agrees to [ ] strive to fulfill. We

Two years ago I linked up with two young people to call for a new kind of order, a new kind of community called the

Much of the commitment to and analysis of community that we find in the work of Howard Thurman and Dr. King derives from their African
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