Giving and receiving: We all share the healing

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For a week I've hardly been able to go anywhere or have a conversation with anyone without the encountering the subject of giving. It began when I met a friend for dinner in Downtown St. Paul near her workplace. We were returning to our cars when a woman approached us asking for the location of a battered women's shelter. What it turned out she was really looking for was bus fare to Minneapolis, which I ended up giving her. As I drove home, I realized I was feeling resentment; I felt … [Read more...]

Honor Yourself: An interview with Patricia Spadaro

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"You can look the whole world over and never find anyone more deserving of love than yourself." - The Buddha In a poignant reminder of the gift that each one of us truly is, Patricia Spadaro presents her new book Honor Yourself: The Inner Art of Giving and Receiving (Three Wings Press), a valuable discussion on the importance of honoring ourselves, and in doing so, how we respect, appreciate and give birth to our best self so we can give creatively and abundantly in ways that honors … [Read more...]

Everyday Spirituality: Life as Prayer

We are participating in an explosion of new age teaching, interest in Eastern religion, and a general curiosity about the usefulness of everyday spiritual practice. When you turn on the television, it seems just about every talk show host is discussing how to maximize human potential and help viewers become a more advanced version of self. In our effort to reach higher, spirituality is a major interest in the books we read, the classes we take and the inner peace we want to find. … [Read more...]