June 21, 2016

A close look at the world’s sacred traditions reveals a common thread of unity running throughout their core. This common thread is most evident in the Golden Rule, a universal expression at the heart of all spiritual truth, the most basic human value, and a basis for the principle of interconnectedness. It is known, understood, and accepted worldwide as an essential ethical and moral injunction. But only as we look at its various expressions chronologically does it become evident that... Read more

June 20, 2016

I believe our Spiritual Evolution is being demonstrated in many new and interesting ways. One way is our treatment of animals. Two recent stories from the world of animal entertainment is beginning to show us a trend. We don't want to watch animals performing under duress any more. Let's keep on evolving! Read more

June 19, 2016

A golden rose opens before the sun. The breath of an angel sends a message into your heart. Read more

June 17, 2016

This is not the time for anything that would further separate us. This is the time for what will bring us to the consciousness that we are already one human family. Sadly, it takes humanity so long to put into action what it has always known. The family just keeps getting larger and larger. Over a century and a half ago, Baha’u’llah, the prophet founder of the Baha’i Faith, renewed spiritual truth and laid the foundation for a consciousness of... Read more

June 14, 2016

When that vandal punctured the heart of the LGBTQ community, along with the blood and the tears, love flowed into the world. The living and the dead—the lovers and the beloved—became love itself. Read more

June 11, 2016

Becoming a Quaker as a young person, I learned by watching and worshiping with Friends. For me becoming a Quaker was not about learning the history or about how we do the work of our faith. It was about being at home in the communal silence and pure the experience of God in our midst. Read more

June 9, 2016

Believers in the mysterious Urantia Book maintain that it is an epochal revelation of supernatural origin that is not the product of human authorship of any sort. As evidence, they point to its outstanding coherence, originality, and literary richness and its astonishing range of topics spread out over 196 chapters and 2,096-pages. Adherents claim that writing at this level of beauty and brilliance is simply impossible of accomplishment by any one human author or conceivable group of authors—especially given that... Read more

June 6, 2016

Everyone is bisexual. Yep, it's true according to my school counselor and many of my daughter's middle school friends. Or at least...they may think they are. Is it true or just another Youtube fad? What do you think? Read more

June 5, 2016

“Whenever you feel alone or isolated or sad, you are experiencing a feeling state that is unique to the earth existence. It arises in your plane but does not reflect true reality..." Read more

June 3, 2016

Quakers are a varied group with a range of practices. Here are five facts that may surprise you about contemporary Friends. For example, almost half of the Quakers in the world live in Kenya. Four more to go.... Read more


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