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Sufi Holy Man brings Message of Peace, Prayer

The head teacher at one of the three holiest mosques in Islam will be in Minnesota on September 2-4 to deliver a message of peace, love, mercy, justice and freedom from the Muslim world. Shaykh Muhammad Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa'i ash-Shadhuli, affectionately called Sidi by his seven million students worldwide, is a prominent spiritual leader at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He is head of the Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem and the Holy Land and a long-time advocate of world peace. His … [Read more...]

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Answered Prayers

By Mandy Cassler Leave a Comment

I recently had a day where I felt I was just emotionally beaten down and utterly defeated. In one day I'd received extremely harsh truths from multiple people in my life, both personally and professionally. As you can imagine, this was quite difficult to take until I'd had a good night's sleep. Upon waking in the morning, I realized that, in fact, I had been given an amazing gift. That gift was truth. This truth was the closure I'd sought in a romantic situation and clarification about my … [Read more...]

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2011 International World Peace and Prayer Day

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The public is invited this summer solstice to the 2011 International World Peace and Prayer Day (WPPD), hosted by the Dakota / Lakota / Nakota communities, on June 21 at Fort Snelling State Park in the Twin Cities -- Bdote, the spot believed by the Dakota to be the Center of the World and the equivalent of the Garden of Eden for their people. The event's intention is to promote a mass awareness of "All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer" to encourage everyone to take time on June 21 and join in … [Read more...]

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Benedictine Center offers Taize opportunities

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The Benedictine Center in Maplewood is offering Taize prayer opportunities for individuals who want to build lives of kindness, simplicity and reconciliation. Taize is a meditative, ecumenical prayer that includes silence and chanting and is growing in popularity worldwide. According to Sam Rahberg, associate director, "It is a gentle communal prayer that can help dispel stresses and worries and help participants deeply experience the mystery and peace of God." The Benedictine Center will … [Read more...]

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Unity to Launch 100 Days of Prayer for the Gulf

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Unity School of Christianity, in conjunction with Unity churches across the country, is launching 100 days of prayer affirming the recovery of the Gulf of Mexico. The 100 days will begin Sunday, June 20, and will conclude Thursday, September 9, the date of Unity’s annual World Day of Prayer. The initiative follows an announcement by Rev. Patricia Reiter, senior minister of Unity Church of Venice, Florida. Reiter will lead a blessing service for the Gulf at 3 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, June 20, … [Read more...]

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News from the Edge

By Tim Miejan Leave a Comment

INTERSPIRITUAL PRAYER EVENT - A day of "Interspiritual Prayer for Peace and Fulfillment" featuring six faith traditions will take place on Saturday, Jan. 10, in Stillwater, Minn. The full-day workshop will be hosted at Arcola Mills by Nona Trealoff Bock, a mental health practitioner who recently completed training as a Spiritual Director at the Claritas Institute for Interspiritual Inquiry. Workshop leaders will present faith practices of Christianity, Judaic Mysticism (Kabbalah), … [Read more...]

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An Edge Life Expo Survey

By Rachel Miejan Leave a Comment

My heart. Everything is from the heart - and I seek to operate from the heart. I use my heart and my gut as a way of determining where I am. I don't care how bad things are, when I have a heart feeling, I know I am okay. I don't care how good things are, when I have a gut feeling, I know something's wrong. And the stronger the feeling, I know I better deal with it right then. The trick is to know when I'm in my head. When I'm in my head, I'm running on programs that are not from me but from the … [Read more...]

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Everyday Spirituality: Life as Prayer

By Stewart Bitkoff Leave a Comment

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...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: exercise, giving, gratitude, new age, prayer, reality, religion

The Miracle Club

By Lee Woodruff Leave a Comment

There is a huge part of me that is really, truly, uneasy with writing about the subject of miracles. It's not that I'm uncomfortable discussing religion, prayers, or the subject of God. But for a child raised in a quietly Presbyterian household, miracles were the stuff of the Easter sermon or old-time religious revival tents with a laying on of hands. In my limited childhood experience, the people who threw that term around liberally were the 1-900-Sunday morning cable ministers, many of … [Read more...]

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An Interview with Thomas Morton

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What was the most sacred moment you have had in your life? Thomas Morton: Wow, what a question! To be very clear in answering this, I would like to say first that every moment is sacred when you live in the moment (or now). Of course if one is out of "the now," then one loses touch with "being" with "the sacredness" of that moment. If you are asking about my personal history (which I feel you are), I would have to say it was when I was shown that God was within … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: expo, meditation, prayer