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The shameful and tragic display of domination that we are witnessing today in the world is changing our spiritual landscape, simply because nobody who engages
In times of crisis like ours, it is good to call on ancient wisdom to give us perspective about what matters and why, and where
Acedia means essentially lack of interest and absence of passion. It is not the same as the sin of omission, which is the lack of
In his book Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh, Matthew Fox describes the ten deadly sins of our time. Such sins are nothing
Recently, I introduced a scientific study on how unhappy young adults are around the world, in both wealthy and poor countries. In offering some medicine for
In honor of the liberation from slavery and the “angel of death” in this Passover season, and in honor of Earth Day this week, yesterday’s
We are meditating on touching our Joy in spite of darkness and times of acedia. I offer a second concrete story here. One Fall semester I
Yesterday I responded to a letter from a psychologist who did not like my naming acedia and depression as a spiritual issue. The suggestion was that
One way to grasp a spiritual concept is to consider its opposite first. What constitutes the opposite of joy? Sadness is an opposite of joy
Rumi tells us that “the spark of the soul is not easily lit.” When one hears scientists express ecstasy and cry tears of joy and wonder,
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