This will be the first Mother's Day of my life without my mother physically, but she'll be with me in spirit.
Phil Porter | Posted 05.23.2012
We, too, have a chance to think things over, whether or not we really stop or slow down our normal lives for a period of time.
Sadhguru | Posted 12.05.2011
Most people only experience peace and transcendence when they are dead. But in the yogic tradition, the word "samadhi" is used to describe a state in which one has transcended the limitations of the body and mind, and this happens in life.
Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 05.25.2011
With Ash Wednesday, a season of spiritual inspection and makeover begins that involves our lives, our communities, even our worship space.
Kent Annan | Posted 05.25.2011
Each Ash Wednesday, if you go to a church that does this sort of thing, a version of "memento mori" happens when you go to your knees and a cross of ashes is marked on your forehead.
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 05.25.2011
If we keep our hearts open to the wisdom that Sam gathered in his short life, we can hear him inspiring us to transform our life for the better. We can hear him say to us: Yes, yes, yes!
Judith Johnson | Posted 11.17.2011
Mention death, and specifically human mortality, and most people become visibly disturbed. Yet each and every one of us will die sooner or later, and no one knows when.
Tom Morris | Posted 05.25.2011
Have you ever approached strangers on the beach, vacationers sitting on bright towels in the summer sun, and tried to engage them in deep discussions ...
Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 05.25.2011
We heard you say that there is no problem with delaying a vote on health care reform for two weeks. But Senator Snowe, we disagree. Two weeks can make a big difference, a life-and-death difference.
Larry Ross | Posted 05.14.2012