Japanese Spiritual Skills Copied by the World? Mindfulness has become trendy around the world in recent years – but in Japan, it’s been ingrained into the culture for centuries. Steve John Powell Even moss is appreciated by the mindful Japanese. Credit: Andrew Whitehead/Alamy. As the sleek shinkansen bullet train glided noiselessly into the station, I Read More…
Spirituality
The Legacy Of Christian Abolistionism
We need to abolish the culture of policing on every level, including how it tracks and critiques the behaviors and expressions of others.“When we say abolish police. We also mean the cop in your head and in your heart.” — Tourmaline Liberation theology is defined as “a movement in Christian theology that emphasizes liberation from Read More…
Marriage 101
4.26.2022 Getty Images/ MoMo Productions Marriage advice is easy to ignore until you need it. Who hasn’t rolled their eyes at such trite aphorisms as “Say sorry even if you don’t mean it” or “Don’t go to bed angry”? These phrases tend to leak out of people’s mouths around weddings and anniversaries but are barely Read More…
Racist Bullies
Racist Bullies Black mother and daughter. / Photo Credit: Getty Images OPINION My Mother’s Positive Affirmations Saved Me From Racist Bullies. Thanks to my mom, reciting positive affirmations religiously has been a transformative exercise that has enhanced my life. Preceding my first confrontation with a racist bully, when I was nine years old, I was proud to be Read More…
Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins
BY MICHAEL DIMOCK For decades, Pew Research Center has been committed to measuring public attitudes on key issues and documenting differences in those attitudes across demographic groups. One lens often employed by researchers at the Center to understand these differences is that of generation. Generations provide the opportunity to look at Americans both by their place Read More…
Modulasetulo (The Chairman), Living with a disability
By Rev. Mmakgabo G Sepoloane, Contributing Writer Besides being the leader of his church, the Reverend Bantekile Jacob Sehau does not head any other components in the church. Yet, among most of us clergy in the MM Mokone Memorial Annual Conference of the 19th Episcopal District, he is affectionately referred to as /Modulasetulo/ (Chairman) – a Read More…