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Anthony de Mello: On Fire

By Karen Eliasen — 2014

In this article for Thinking Faith, Karen Eliasen thinks about why de Mello could have been well-described as a ‘contemplative in action’.

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Faith in a Time of Crisis

Psychologists’ research shows why some people can find peace during the COVID-19 pandemic, while others may be struggling with their faith.

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5 Reasons Why Having Faith Is So Important

Sometimes, when things don’t go according to plan, we lose faith, not only in ourselves, but also in any potential outcome in our lives. Failure will do that to you.

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Why Faith Is Important

Faith is an expression of hope for something better. More than a wish, it is closer to a belief, but not quite. A belief is rooted in the mind. Faith is based in the heart.

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What Rebecca Taught Me About Faith

Tara Sophia Moore discusses her experience of sharing the news of her pregnancy with a close friend and that friend's issues with her own pregnancy in the months that followed.

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The F-Word | An Excerpt from the Logic of Faith

After an extended period of exploring faith through personal practice and study, Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel decided to bring her investigation out into the world to see what others thought.

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An Invitation

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know whom you’re praying to, says Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel. The very act of asking for help allows the heart to open and invite the world in.

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Finding Your Soulpod

As my spiritual journey deepened, friends fell away. As I shed one identity after another, I no longer identified with the people attached to them.

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Our Sacred Demise and Radical Regeneration

Psychotherapist, professor, and author Carolyn Baker joins Terry for a sober, deep, and instructive conversation to consider our planetary predicament as a sacred rite of passage that necessitates a “collective descent into the darkness,” the possibility of our collective “sacred demise”,...

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The Spiritual Practice of Kindness

I wonder how the world would be, how we would live, how children would learn if we intentionally cultivated the spirit of being kind each day. In a world filled with fear and cruelty, we are itching for an outbreak of this characteristic.

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Did Einstein Pray? What the Great Genius Thought About God.

My dear Dr. Einstein, We have brought up the question: ‘Do scientists pray?’ in our Sunday school class.

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