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Tag: Spirituality

Raymond P. Hammond
Featured, Featured Poetry

Raymond P. Hammond – F Train

July 19, 2020July 17, 2020 Vanessa Able

"While I often found the emergence from the dark of the tunnel shocking, as my eyes would adjust and I would look forward and skyward, I always found this image to be comforting, reassuring."

Tagged Darkness, emergence, religion, Spirituality, transcendence, zoetrope1 Comment
Joan Chittister
Book Bits

The Sacred is the Everyday – Joan Chittister

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Vanessa Able

Benedictine nun Joan Chittister sees spirituality not as something contained in sacred places or practices, but as something deeply integrated into our daily lives.

Tagged Christianity, church, daily life, everyday, here and now, ordinary, sacred, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Wisdom1 Comment
Nicholas Trandahl
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Nicholas Trandahl – The Chapel

April 26, 2020December 29, 2020 Vanessa Able

In his poem, The Chapel, Nicholas Trandahl sets out what he looks for when it comes to faith and spirituality. A lifelong seeker of truth and inner peace, he imagines a fictional space deep in the heart of the wilderness, where pilgrims and seekers can finally rest after their journeys.

Tagged 2020, chapel, divine, faith, forest, God, journey, nature, pilgrims, salvation, Spirituality, wilderness3 Comments
Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro
Book Bits

Does Spirituality Need Religion? – Rabbi Rami

March 16, 2020March 20, 2020 Vanessa Able

Rabbi Rami addresses the question of spirituality and its relationship to religion, and the way in which the two realities interact and support one another.

Tagged Judaism, letters, Open Secrets, Rabbi Rami, Reb Yerachmiel ben Yisrael, religion, Spirituality, Trees, VedantaLeave a comment
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