Reading Archive (Faith)
Everyday Creativity
I’m rather good at maps. I’m also good at using a GPS device. But I forgot the maps and here we were, late afternoon, last...
Your Life Cannot Go Wrong
In reality, your world is set up so that nothing happens to you, but everything happens for you - for your awakening, for your growth,...
What We Need Is Here
Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape, sharp sweet of summer's end. In time's maze...
10 Principles of The Artist's Way
It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the universe is able to...
Daily Life of Art
Since the inception of the human species and until only decades ago, daily life was infused with art making. We crafted our own tools,...
Come Home to Love
Take a breath right now, and notice how abundant the air is, full of life-giving oxygen offered freely by trees and other green growing...
Blessing For The Longest Night
All throughout these months as the shadows have lengthened, this blessing has been gathering itself, making ready, preparing for...
This I Believe
I am not going to talk about religious beliefs but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them. I believe in...
I Create My Day
"I wake up in the morning and I consciously create my day the way I want it to happen. Now sometimes, because my mind is examining all...
Can Beauty Save the World?
Dostoyevsky once let drop the enigmatic phrase: “Beauty will save the world.” What does this mean? For a long time it used to...
The Messiah Is One Of Us
Once upon a time there was a wise abbot of a monastery who was the friend of an equally wise rabbi. This was in the old country, long...
Where's Your Umbrella?
The rains failed again that year. It was the third year in succession when there was no rain. The crops had disappeared and the land was...
New Forms Of Religion
However much the great ship of religion may be sinking, we remain spiritual in our needs and aspirations. If we see that religion has a...
Always Had It, Always Will
Not this crude leather; luminous beings are we! - Yoda What would you do if someone swore that you knew the secret of life and put...
In Eyes Of God, We're All Minorities
Krister Stendahl, former dean of Harvard Divinity school, told a reporter shortly before his death in 2008, "In the eyes of God, we...
From Transaction To Trust
The most precious and important things in life are, by definition, nontransactional. And to try to bargain for them is to immediately...
We Shall Overcome
I refuse to accept the idea that the "is-ness" of man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the eternal...
There Is Faith In Humor
Life inevitably has its sadnesses, which are part of every path of hope and every path toward conversion. But it is important to avoid...
Recognizing the Real Fear
In the sphere of human relations, faith is an indispensable quality of any significant friendship or love. “Having faith” in...
Does God Have A Form?
"Has God a form?" a man once challenged Ramana Maharshi, the great Indian sage. "Who says God has a form?" Ramana...