Learning to accept the anxieties of motherhood can help bring in wonder and gratitude for the mundane moments of parenting.
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Times of darkness require what Omid Safi calls “a prophetic quality of hope.” Our columnist speaks to the value of kind, intentional action, even when the results aren't immediately apparent.
Can we stop trying to fool each other and start telling the truth, “lest the parade of our mutual life get lost in the dark?”
To find peace in a lack of answers can be unexpected — especially coming from a Bible scholar like Pastor Eugene Peterson.
Acknowledging and honoring the emotions, passions, and pain of fellow citizens may not be the solution to ideological polarization, but it is the beginning of an antidote — one that is critical to building the America we yearn to see.
Gentle guidance for how to write — or simply to stay centered in our lives — from the poet Wendell Berry.
The hard work of hope involves the discipline to embrace the unknown and the uncontrollable — one day at a time.
An opportunity to embrace not just life as it is, but also life as it could be — if not in this life, then in the next.
What is lost when we no longer look to those who've gone before us for guidance? Omid Safi asks us to look beyond self-help towards the lost art of apprenticeship.
Parker Palmer asks us to consider: Are we using whatever power we have in the service of love? In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy.
Heroes aren't made by the uniforms they wear — they're distinguished by moral acts that defy convention.
We've built boundaries between what we consider the cultural, human realm and the world of nature. But there are ever-widening cracks in that wall — and something to be learned about the question of belonging.
It is not enough to view social injustice as simply a problem to be solved, or a series of data points to be analyzed and understood. Allyship and activism require a deeper compassion, one that creates space for us to sit with each other’s pain.
Winter’s coldness has Omid Safi searching for warmth in his mother’s lentil soup — and asking what it means to find comfort and nourishment in each other. He shares the recipe and some food for thought.
A poem from Mary Oliver transforms the depths of winter into wonder at its otherworldly beauty.
Your 40s can be messy and spiritually challenging. But with medieval mystics Hildegard of Bingen and Julian of Norwich as her guides, Kaya Oakes uncovers a new truth: middle age is the singular time for creative rebellion.
John O’Donohue with a gift for the tired soul. A poem on slowing down until our strength to move forward returns to us.
Courtney offers seven searching questions to help you enter the coming year primed for growth.
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