Every once in a while, I like to share some of our interfaith mistakes. Despite our best efforts to educate ourselves, learning about other faith traditions is …
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Unleashing Spiritual Creativity in Children
This post, Unleashing Spiritual Creativity in Children, was published in the March, 2015 edition of The Interfaith Observer.) I've reprinted it here for your …
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Multifaith Mashup: Lent for Kids
Lent, the 40+ day preparatory period leading up to Holy Week, is arguably the most Christian time of the liturgical year. Institutional Christianity teaches …
Prayer: Tibetan Buddhist Style
Buddhism, technically-speaking, is not a religion, thanks to the fact that there is no God. The Buddha never claimed to be a deity, he never advocated praying …
Multifaith Monday 2/23/15
One of the most interesting interfaith happenings from the last week was #Muslims4Lent. The hashtag was started by Muslims who wanted to show support for and …
Multifaith Mashup: Water Rituals — Reflection and Being
Two water metaphors almost never used in Judeo-Christian traditions show up quite clearly in Eastern philosophies. From the Buddha, we see mental clarity being …
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Multifaith Monday 2/9/15
I'm having a great time in San Francisco! I attended the Big I conference last weekend. I spoke about water rituals, learned a lot about interspirituality, and …
Multifaith Monday 2/2/2015
Yesterday, we celebrated the pagan holiday, Imbolc, which falls halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. It marks the first day of spring on …
Money, Money, Money: How Faith Communities Stay in Business
One of the commonalities across faith traditions is the idea of giving. In Christianity, we have caritas. In Islam, we have zakat. In Judaism, we have tzedakah. …
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