Category: Essays

Light and Danger through the Crack in the Door, by Trebbe Johnson

Photograph by Trebbe Johnson

A lively report from the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions

Metaphors of Movement, by Keith Badger

Nudibranch (Nembrotha lineolata) laying an egg spiral on a sea squirt (Polycarpa aurata) near Metinaro, East Timor. Photograph by Nick Hobgood, 2004. Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Nick Hobgood. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

Walking with an Inkling or two

O Little Town of Riverside, by Mary A. Osborne

Downtown Riverside, Illinois, looking toward the Arcade Building and Town Hall, 2015. Photograph by Nmaviano Wikimedia Commons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en.

Frederick Law Olmsted’s village in the woods

Meeting Krishnamurti, by Ravi Ravindra

Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1920s. George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress. Wikimedia Commons.

Memorable encounters with an extraordinary being

The Endless Vows, by Mark Nepo

Photograph by Neil Thomas. Unsplash.com

Four statements to transform your life

Passing Through the Storm, by Tracy Cochran

Hurricane, Bahamas. Winslow Homer, 1898. Watercolor and graphite on wove paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikimedia Commons.

How can we find joy in this suffering world?

The Real Rasputin? by Richard Smoley

Gregory Rasputin, 1920. Photograph by Karl Bulla

A fresh look at “the mad monk”

A Higher Power, by Dawn Eden Goldstein

Father Edward Dowling. Wikimedia Commons. Source: Father Edward Dowling. Author: Mary University Archives

The spiritual awakening of a world-class drunk

Rated “Condemned”, by Jean Iversen

Subjects: Yvonne Elliman, Ted Neeley Program: :"Jesus Christ Superstar" on "NBC Monday Night at the Movies" Time: NBC Television Network colorcast, Monday Oct. 11 (9-11 p.m. NYT0

Tasting the forbidden fruit

Journey of the Rainbow Serpent, by Nartana Premachandra

Photograph by Luke Jones. From Unsplash.com

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