Embracing Our Gifts

Last updated on: August 9, 2017 at 4:34 am By Meghann Robern

Do you know what your gifts are? How have you embraced those gifts and let them guide your life? Which gifts have you let the dominant culture tell you are worthless? What are your sources of strength to reclaim those gifts that have been squelched? Read more

Three Self-Exhortations from Marcus Aurelius

Last updated on: August 8, 2017 at 4:24 am By David Breeden

People cooperate in different ways—some work hard, some complain, and some hinder everything. The universe needs all these. And it is up to you to decide which type you are. Read more

My Matron Saint: Teresa of Avila

Last updated on: August 7, 2017 at 3:15 am By Amy Beltaine

Introducing my Matron Saint, Teresa of Avila. She was many things, but above all, she was her whole self. She invites us to celebrate and live fully into all the sacred and diverse parts of our selves. Teresa was born in 1515 in Avila, Spain, land of Flamenco and bull fights. Teresa was an excellent administrator AND an insightful mystic; Proving that you can survive, even thrive, with one foot in the sublime and one in the here and now. This... Read more

Sacred Waters

Last updated on: August 4, 2017 at 11:07 am By Erica Baron

Human communities have named the waters they live beside and water itself as sacred for thousands of years. As human beings, this is not something we need to discover. It is something we need to remember. If we do not respect the waters that sustain us, our life becomes unsustainable. Read more

Through a Glass, Darkly.

Last updated on: July 28, 2017 at 9:51 am By Maggie Beaumont

if I rejected all White Male authors I would be just as guilty of unfairness as those who never read Women, or who only read Whites. Read more

The Spirituality of the Eclipse

Last updated on: July 25, 2017 at 4:41 am By Guest Contributor

Jon Cleland-Host writes about the upcoming solar eclipse, "What will I do during those 100 or so sacred seconds? Will I hold a ritual? Just revel in it? Hug my kids?" Read more

Sourcing to Sacred

Last updated on: July 22, 2017 at 7:18 am By Amy Beltaine

The sacred comes to those who wait actively, and leave their windows open. Read more

Preparing For the Solar Eclipse

Last updated on: July 21, 2017 at 5:47 am By Allison Ehrman

Use the fleeting moment of this year’s eclipse as a rite of passage to usher in the next portion of your adventure. Read more

Celebrating Air

Last updated on: July 20, 2017 at 4:42 am By Liz Fisher

Protecting the air we breathe is a moral as well as a practical imperative for those of us on an earth-honoring spiritual path. When we honor the element Air we also welcome its ability to inspire and heal. Read more

Moving Day

Last updated on: July 19, 2017 at 6:14 am By Meghann Robern

When was the last time you dug deeply into your surroundings, shedding that which you no longer need or truly want? What rituals do you have in your life to help you process changes, whether large or small? Read more