One of the significant benefits of belonging to a faith community is knowing that we have a place in the larger human story that also connects us with the Divine calling toward healing and wholeness. Finding a community where we belong can be a powerful remedy for the experience of isolation and separation that are […]
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By John Breslin, Special to Religica In a seminal handbook detailing how best to accommodate children with special needs within religious communities, the authors issued a strong statement of their belief. “That All May Worship,” jointly authored by Ann Davie and Ginny Thornburg and published by the National Organization on Disability more than two decades […]
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As an American Spiritual Humanist and daughter of a school shooter, I have been deeply mournful over the last few days watching the imbedded scripted reaction to the Virginia Beach shootings. I believe we’ve followed a script since the Columbine massacre, but this particular time it felt as if the whole country finally slumped in […]
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Delivered by Shantha Ready Alonso at the 2019 American Climate Leadership Summit. The Visualization was inspired by this year’s Earth Day Resource theme “Next Generation Rises.” THE BOX Let’s begin by centering ourselves. If you are comfortable closing your eyes, you can shut them at this time. Or, as an alternative, relax your gaze and […]
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If I know two tasks that are essential in life, these are the two I name at the moment: To recognize cruelty when we you see it, and to develop a deep appreciation for generosity as a primary response in the world. I remember trying to eke a living in Germany while writing my doctorate […]
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Humanitarian worker on trial for leaving food, water for migrants, placed near the bones of the dead
By John Breslin, Special to Religica In federal court in Tucson, Arizona, Scott Warren delivered public testimony on his reasoning for being there. He wants to prevent people dying. Warren, 36, was on trial for abandoning property and driving a vehicle in a wilderness area. The property was jugs of water and food left near […]
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When I consider the vast, devastating implications that accompany a changing climate, I find my heart aching. Climate research has shown us that human-induced climate change is a real phenomenon. Climate scientists have warned that, without immediate, global action, the consequences of climate change will face us with challenges that may perhaps exceed the potential […]
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By John Breslin, Special to Religica Christians are the most persecuted among the religious in the world, according to a hard hitting new report commissioned by the British government. The interim report, which claims that some Christians have suffered genocide under the UN definition of the word, was published on the heels of an annual […]
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In my work as a university faculty member, I am often approached by students, requesting advice in “coming out” as an “none” to the religious families who raised them. (I faced the same terrifying issue before I outed myself on a TedTalk stage in 2016). As I listen to their stories, more and more I […]
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How does one describe herself to the world at large from a spiritual perspective? Who am I and what is my purpose in this world? It seems when I stop to really consider what I have to say that it is simple to me. Yet, to many people, possibly unbelievable. Everything I am going to […]
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