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Charter for Compassion
posted Nov 06, 2009 - Video: Ecumenical author Karen Armstrong wished for a Charter for Compassion, a yardstick for global empathy crafted from the input of tens of thousands of religious and secular people all over the world.
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New Crop of Farmers :: Andy Asmus & Emily Dietzman
by Anna Stern, Kim Nochiposted Feb 13, 2009 - As a farmer my complete being is engaged and challenged physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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Saying Grace Around the World
by Nikki McClure, Anna Sternposted Feb 13, 2009 - Artist Nikki McClure adds her touch to our collection of mealtime prayers from around the world.
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Dalai Lama Renaissance
posted Nov 04, 2008 - At the edge of the Millennium, the Dalai Lama invited 40 of the West's leading, most innovative thinkers in their respective fields to discuss the world's problems and how we can solve them. Fran Korten was one of them.
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Secular Sabbath
posted Oct 31, 2008 - Real people show how to live the good life and share their secrets to happiness.
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Blessings Revealed
by Puanani Burgessposted Oct 31, 2008 - Puanani Burgess tells the story of one student with a gift—a gift our schools are not cultivating.
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Evangelicals’ Faith Leads Them to Issues of Environment and Social Justice
by Valerie Saturenposted Jul 30, 2008 - Valerie Saturen looks at major changes in the Evangelical movement. It's growing beyond its narrow focus on wedge issues like abortion to focus more on environmental protection and social justice.
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The Power of Food
by Madeline Ostranderposted Jul 30, 2008 - Providing food for people in need – regardless of whether they are “deserving” is a central part of Sara Miles' spiritual journey. St Gregory's food pantry in San Francisco.
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In Review :: Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea
by James Trimarcoposted Jul 30, 2008 - Best-selling author Mark Kulansky describes the movements—often religious in origin—that have denounced war in favor of active nonviolent resistance.
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The Last Last Sunday
by Robert Jensenposted Jul 29, 2008 - Last Sunday was an attempt to combine interests in progressive politics, spirituality, and arts, and culture by creating a space for people to come together that wouldn't feel like a traditional political meeting, church, or concert.
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Commentary :: Don’t Be Nice—Be Kind
by Akaya Windwoodposted May 22, 2008 - Niceness is often filled with falseness—it is a way to not tell the truth, or to obscure it. “Be nice!” is something many of us heard as children as a way of avoiding upsetting someone… it’s not effective in the long run as a way to come together to solve the myriad difficulties facing our communities, both local and global.
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The Greatest Danger
by Joanna Macyposted Feb 01, 2008 - In the face of global warming it is hard to escape a sense of outrage, fear, despair. Author, deep-ecologist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy says that speaking the truth of our anguish for the world brings down the walls between us, drawing us into deep solidarity.
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Abraham to Descendants: "Knock it Off"
by Sarah van Gelderposted Nov 06, 2006
- A roundtable discussion with Sarah van Gelder: A rabbi, a minister, and an imam, brought together by 9/11 and what followed, discover new spiritual depths from their dialogue and friendship.
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Fighting the Cancer, Healing the Soul
by Pamela O'Malley Changposted Aug 29, 2006 - The Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic provides all-around care including alternative treatments for low-income women diagnosed with cancer.
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Imperial Politics, Christianity and the True Jesus: Reflections on the 2004 Election
by David C. Kortenposted Dec 13, 2005
- The challenge before us is to displace the politics of Empire with the politics of Earth Community based on inclusion, possibility, and partnership — an authentic values-based, problem-solving politics of mature adulthood consistent with the moral teachings of Jesus.
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Make a Living-With Dignity
by Michael Ramosposted Nov 08, 2005
- The religious community, labor unions, and community groups have come together to sponsor 122 living wage ordinances in towns large and small throughout the United States.
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A Stranger at the Door
by Anna Maria Pinedaposted Nov 08, 2005
- Although Las Posadas is a beautiful ritual, the reality it addresses is a painful one: the reality of human need and exclusion.
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What Can Congregations Do?
by Richard Langposted Nov 07, 2005
- Three steps for congregations towards creating new economic practices of sharing
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The Prophets Versus Empire
by Richard Langposted Oct 31, 2005
- Is it time for Americans to build a culture that rejects empire and adopts the principles of the Jubilee?
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An Offer of Unconditional Love
by Jamal Rahmanposted Oct 31, 2005
- My grandfather, a Sufi Muslim teacher and healer in northern Bengal, often reminded his students: “If I cannot be compassionate with myself, I cannot truly be compassionate with others,” he said.

