Personal Stories

  • Writing a Letter
    Spirit

    Or, how I realized that copying letters for Amnesty International was a spiritual discipline.

    James Ishmael Ford
  • Two red kites against blue sky.
    Spirit

    I kept hoping that one day I would up and be the mother from the greeting card picture.

    Meg Barnhouse
  • Spirit
    Where was I to find a liberal religious community in the middle of Kansas farm country?
    Jackie Magnuson Ash
  • Life
    People watch the Super Bowl for reasons not usually recognized as spiritual, though they are.
    Frank Casper
  • Dried leaves in Autumn
    Spirit

    I'll return to that time and space that was my home.

    Ruth McKendree Treen
  • hand holding baby photo with photo album in the background
    Life

    All my adult life, I have valued my chosen relationships over the ones I was born into.

    Doug Muder
  • Illustration of woman near a tree
    Spirit

    'When I die, I want to have my ashes buried under this tree.'

    Meg Barnhouse

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