Spirit

Like hope, trust, and love, gratitude is both a feeling and a spiritual practice.

People probably thought my parents were hippies because we were out-of-the-closet Unitarian Universalists.

An Iranian-American holds her breath as hundreds of thousands march for democracy in Iran.

Volunteering in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—and the aftermath of my diagnosis with ALS—has helped me appreciate the complexity of asking for, and offering, help.

If the ego is about how we are separate, then the spirit is about how we are connected.

The most important thing Samboon taught me was how to speak from my deepest and most grounded place.

What did the Décor Committee know, and when did they know it?

Slow down and walk lightly on the Earth, even if just for a moment.

Guess who I am.

I worshiped the gods of comedy and tragedy long before I worshiped Jesus’s God, and I have never stopped leaving gifts at the altar of Dionysus.

The International Convocation of Unitarian Universalist Women revived me.

A heartbeat is one thing you want to do like everyone else.