It's my actions and choices that determine my connection to others.

Growing connects me to ancestors who had their hands in the dirt because it was keeping them alive.

Blessing something or someone is a way of expressing my gratitude and reverence for them.

When the holy month of Ramadan approaches, it becomes a beautiful reminder to return to myself.

I was often being a stern taskmaster over my mind. I yearned for more openness and joy.

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting. In an interview with Marianne Schnall the master explained how meditation can help us.

May we release ourselves from the need to fit every truth neatly into our own language.

However you celebrate, holidays and rituals are an invitation for reflection. They remind us of our past, and they also invite us to be attentive to the present moment.

I am learning to give up needing to know the answers, and instead live with the questions.

Whatever ministries you are part of — worship, music, faith formation, hospitality, social justice, governance, or anything else — the practices of Spiritual Leadership are a theologically faithful way to create Beloved Community within and beyond the congregation. So much pulls us away from...

Spirit of Life and Love, help me to notice when I am hooked.

Impermanence, mortality, ashes, dust: this is the truth of being human.

What’s the one word you hope will define your upcoming year?

Sometimes, there is no reprieve from the pain of this world. Sometimes, it is too big and too obvious to ignore.

What once seemed certain is now unpredictable, even dangerous.