Someone once asked Inayat Khan – founder of the Sufi Order International (now The Inayati Order) and beloved Murshid (or Teacher) to many – “Are you a pessimist?” “No,” Pir-o-Murshid replied. “An optimist, […]
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Raindrops of Love for a Thirsty World
Mike’s note: Scripture attests to an astonishing spiritual reality: A world created by, through, and sustained within a God Who’s all-in-all. We are given the dignity to remain in separation […]
Garden Table Apocalypse | Diana Butler-Bass
Mike’s note: The following reflection from Diana Butler Bass – an excerpt from her book Grounded: Finding God in the World. Not surprisingly, in the wake of 9/11 certain Christians proclaimed […]
The Proclamation of Basic Goodness | Ben Riggs
Mike’s note: What follows is a meditation in the vein of Finding God in the Body, Ben Riggs’ manifesto for embodied spirituality. Interested in a review copy? We still have a […]
Jesus Is Our Peace | Stanley Hauerwas
So then, remember that at one time you Gentiles by birth, called “the uncircumcision” by those who are called “the circumcision”—a physical circumcision made in the flesh by human hands— remember that […]
