How does spirituality intersect with our life, everyday? Looking for stories and articles about the real struggles, joys, depressions, sweetness of everyone's lives.
two letters universes of difference how did we get here? has this happened in other worlds or only ours? what kind of quirky, convoluted Mind designed us to think we're so separate we can make stuff like this up? legal or illegal words gone amuck designing...( read more ) Read Full Story
Each milli-second is new cells and breath mutate. Each brilliant sparkling particle of a unit of time is a world unto itself. Our penchant for categorizing and likening to keeps us from the absolute potential of this moment. And then... there's the gulps...( read more ) Read Full Story
by Jonathan Merritt Portland, OR Posted from an article at the Sacred Fire Magazine Photo by Craig Sandler All spiritual traditions arise from the land. For weeks, this line plagues me. Finally, I go outside on an unseasonably warm February day. I sit...( read more ) Read Full Story
Inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts any generation can give the following ones is the wisdom it has gained, The Wisdom Project, produced with collaboration from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, seeks to create a record of a multicultural group...( read more ) Read Full Story
Sorry for the pun in the post title. I really couldn't help myself. It's a disease, and you could feel compassion for me, if only you would. My mantra for 2009. This image, made by Dippylulu, comes from Patti Digh's site, 37 days. Master bloggers Patti,...( read more ) Read Full Story
"Our destiny is found on the path we take to avoid it."-- none other than that ancestral mentor to many, Carl Jung Hallowed E'en, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, October 31 - November 2, are Christian holy days devoted to our relationship with ancestors....( read more ) Read Full Story
A year ago this time, Virtual Tea House was running a contest on 'Where's Home?' * For everyone who enjoyed that contest, I hope you'll enjoy this different-but-same kind of exploration. Joe Bageant's blog, Deer Hunting with Jesus (he's written a book...( read more ) Read Full Story
'What could be worse than being born without sight? Being born with sight but no vision." --Helen Keller This the final in the series about re-thinking giving. Part 1 was about the need to have better ways for both for-profit/donors and non-profits to...( read more ) Read Full Story
There are some amazing thinkers, feelers, artists and writers on the Virtual Tea House (VTH). Here is Part 1 of the 'best of 2008' posts from each of them. (My personal posts will be in Part II.) Since this is not a popularity contest, we looked at several...( read more ) Read Full Story
