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Krista Tippett: I had a professor at Divinity School who always started his lectures with preliminary remarks, and sometimes the preliminary remarks took the entire time. I’m not going to do that, but I did make some notes. I do want to offer some preliminary remarks — some offerings…
Last updated: June 23, 2021 The On Being Project (“the On Being Project,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, is a media and public life enterprise dedicated to social healing. Our mission is to pursue deep thinking and moral imagination, social courage and joy, to renew inner life,…
When asked how long they'd been married, Aljosie Harding named their time together down to the minute. Omid Safi marvels at the unexpected and profound love that infuses our world at any stage of living — and it's awe-inspiring power to provide hope in the face of grief.
A new generation of physicians with a pledge beyond doing no harm: to walk alongside their patients as people, and to nurture wellbeing with compassion, thoughtfulness, and integrity.
After an exchange with an angry man, a poem about a woodland encounter bestows unexpected guidance — about how acknowledging the spaces we share can be what closes the gaps between us.
xiii. march fourteen, ‘twenty they say we’re at war i think we’re falling in love with the human race Memoriale: Haiku And The Crowned Newness On December 31, 2019, Chinese officials alerted the World Health Organization to an unknown form of pneumonia…
The final days of expectation can bring surprising clarity. Courtney Martin pauses in this suspended space, and marvels at the end of the wait for new life, in all its gritty wonder.
6oz (175g) wholemeal flour 2oz (50g) plain flour 2oz (50g) pinhead oatmeal* (called Steelcut oats) 1oz (25g) wheatgerm* 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Half teaspoon salt 1 large egg 10 fl.oz (275ml) buttermilk (buttermilk is either a/ milk that has gone off or b/ milk that’s had…
Courtney offers seven searching questions to help you enter the coming year primed for growth.
When yes is overused it takes what should be a whole-hearted gift and turns it into an anxiety-producing check box. Courtney Martin's argument for saying "no" gracefully and learning to measure life in acts of unhurried love.
March 12, 2016
An Inclination Toward Warmhearted Inclusivity: How We View and Serve the Autism Community
Autism is often depicted in limited terms, as a social deficit. A poet who works with the autistic community learns a valuable lesson about a different way of seeing through an experience with a red-tailed hawk.
What would it look like to quarrel with our country in a way the soul would affirm? A contemplation of patriotism turned inward, and the "fierce-love truth-telling" that will help us become the democratic community we aspire to be.
To stay curious and questioning in the modern world can be a lonely endeavor, and yet there is refuge and wisdom when we gather. Courtney Martin on restoring our moral imaginations, together.
In a culture with too few rituals, what role does drink play in the contemporary rituals of our times? Courtney Martin on memory, communal moments, and the potential for a true suspension of self.