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January 16, 2016

What’s Asleep Inside of Us

Written by Sharon Salzberg

Though she's the example many turn to for guidance on mindfulness practice, Sharon Salzberg didn't always find meditation so easy. She reflects on an early retreat in India, and what it can teach us about letting go of ideals, and having faith in what is.

January 12, 2016

Until There Was Bowie, I Only Had God

Written by Stephen Goeman

When a young, Evangelical Christian is diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, it's the music legend David Bowie who provides him with salvation and a renewed hope in "the Church of Man."

December 29, 2015

Faith and the Freshman Roommate

Written by Suzanne Greenwald

Unexpected relationships can lead to deep and lasting learning and growth.

November 17, 2015

Sometimes: A Poem

Written by Becky LeBlanc

When the complexities of life challenge us, we find ourselves longing for simplicity. A poetic rumination on the desire to bolster belief with understanding.

November 15, 2015

Where Does It Hurt, O City of Light

Written by Omid Safi

How should we receive the news from Paris? Omid Safi shares a few thoughts on the attacks after spending a day of silence.

November 7, 2015

Imperfect Music, Profound Connection: A Bridge to Kinship and Compassion

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The Philippine-Catholic ritual of pabasa reveals the power of song to reacquaint us with tradition, bridge superficial divides, and connect us through the kinship of our imperfections.

September 11, 2015

A Faith of Lived Experience and Inwardness: Bieke Vandekerckhove’s “The Taste of Silence”

Written by Patrick Henry

“Benedictine spirituality and Zen Buddhism became the two lungs through which I breathe.” The Belgian author Bieke Vandekerckhove passed away this week. Patrick Henry honors her life by shining a light on The Taste of Silence, her recently translated book on genuine faith — and honest doubt — of a "spiritual giant."

September 5, 2015

Nothing Sacred: Satire Comes to Salt Lake City

Written by Erika Munson

"The Book of Mormon" made its way to the heart of LDS country, Salt Lake City. Using parody and sarcasm to challenge people and power structures can be a noble one. A practicing Mormon willingly goes to see a well-known musical which ridicules her faith — and emerges unashamed.

August 31, 2015

How We Identify, How We Live

Written by Sharon Salzberg

Terms such as Jubu and Nones may be inadequate labels to describe a person's faith journey. Sharon Salzberg with a reminder that what you call yourself may not be as important as how you live.

August 27, 2015

Surprised by Joy

Written by Omid Safi

Suffering can be a backstop for unexpected joy. A lyrical "Rumi"ination on shadow, gratitude, and the light of the stranger.

August 16, 2015

Losing Faith and Finding it Again in the ICU

Written by Amy Oestreicher

At the age of 18, a young woman goes into a coma and faces a near-death experience. For nearly four years, she's hospitalized and tries to find peace and God — in a well-lit intensive care unit — in her dreams. A story of faith, hope, and gratitude for the landscape of dreams.

August 4, 2015

Truth Breathed into the Void

Written by Sande Ramage

When faced with the inner void, the fear of emptiness can tempt us to refill and restock as quickly as we can. Could an emptying clear the space to experience something else? Set against the background of opera, one woman's gorgeous account of truth breathed into the void.

June 14, 2015

The Path from Bright Faith to Verified Faith

Written by Sharon Salzberg

To be faithful and to practice faith in the Buddhist sense of the word, one must walk a path of doubt — one of honest questioning and active investigating. An enlightening column from Sharon Salzberg.

April 20, 2015

When the Going Gets Tough…

Written by Katrina Kenison

A meditative petition to sit in stillness, to choose trust over doubt and forgiveness over stubbornness when the difficulties in life take hold.

March 7, 2015

Wrestling with the Questions, and Why It Matters So Much

Written by Marty Kaplan

Experiencing the ineffable is a winding path, a journey with as many pivots and tacks as straight lines. And sometimes you find your course in a dentist's chair, contemplating why the this matters and realizing you just need to show up.

February 15, 2015

To Live As If I Believed: The Thin Spaces of Children’s Literature

Written by Anastasia Hacopian

When age and experience dwindle our capacity for wonder, the books of our childhood may be our salvation and our "thin places" where the boundary between the material and the magical opens ourselves to wonder all over again.

August 17, 2014

Love Is the Great Endeavour

Written by Pádraig Ó Tuama

As part of a conversation with the Church of Ireland about the question of human sexuality, our special contributor confesses his "gay agenda": to love the gospels; to love repentance; to love words and courage and my partner; and to show love to each other on our great endeavor.

June 17, 2014

A Relationship of Few Words: Believing in the Here and Now

Written by Christy Shake

A daughter reflects on the quiet, unassuming ways of her father — and how being "rooted in the physical" helps her and her son connect without the use of words or a faith in something larger than what's in front of them.

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