The Pulse of Spirit

I’d like to share with you a reading from the inscription on the Statue of Liberty. It’s a poem by Emma Lazarus entitled “The New Colossus.” Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land

In sacred scripture, the creative field in which we live is sometimes referred to as a feast. The symbol of a feast is used for the way that we ourselves are nourished spiritually. Being nourished, we have the opportunity to

Over these past three days I’ve had the honor of participating in the Evolutionary Leaders Annual Advance. We have had annual retreats, but on Barbara Marx Hubbard’s urging we called this one an Advance. It’s been a high privilege in

It’s a beautiful Australian morning. There’s been mist out as we walked over; now I see the sun is shining. There were white cockatiels up in the tree making a raucous commotion over something. We are one, but we are

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit Blenheim Palace, which is the ancestral home of Winston Churchill. His ancestors were granted the estate when, in 1704, John Churchill conquered the French in a place called Blindheim. That was

It can be shocking when you realize how much of your personal experience is determined by the culture in which you are living. The first time I traveled overseas I was a 16-year-old going to Israel for ten weeks. That

I had an opportunity while in Cape Town, South Africa, recently to offer a training to a group of teachers and caregivers at the Novalis Ubuntu Institute. Many of them teach children from a hard lifestyle in a violent community

(From the keynote address at the Cape Town Interfaith Indaba) The interfaith movement calls us to qualities of understanding and compassion for those who practice different faiths. We are called to practice tolerance, and then understanding and appreciation, which allows