Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Creating Communities of Choice


Organization Development Robert Leventhal explains why there’s a decline in synagogue and church attendance, how congregations can reverse this trend, and his thoughts on next generation engagement strategies. 

According to Leventhal, external force fields make it necessary for churches and synagogues to change to remain relevant to a new generation. Synagogues in particular can no longer be content to be ethnic enclaves but instead must evolve to be more outward facing and responsive to the needs of potential new members.

A former sales and management consultant, Leventhal for the past two decades has had a synagogue consulting practice that has worked with organizations that include Yeshiva University, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and the UJA Federation of New York. Previously a consultant with the Alban Institiute, he’s now the  Kehilla Leadership Specialist for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the largest network of Conservative Jewish congregations in the world.

Leventhal is the author of Byachad: Synagogue Board Development and Stepping Forward: Synagogue Visioning and Planning

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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Flame Wars in Spiritual Spaces


During the summer of 2018, what happened behind the scenes of two online events exposed the painful fact that the wound of race is as present in the spiritual space as anywhere else. The run-up to both of these events sparked heated flame wars, contested on one side by white women with a history of promoting progressive causes and on the other side primarily by woman of color who perceived these events as reeking what some described as cultural appropriation and others described as racism masked by privilege.

One woman who described herself as triggered by these events is Wendy C. Williams, an African-American spiritual life coach and energy healer. In this podcast, Williams reflects on what went down during the run-up to ill-fated Urban Priestess Summit and Danielle LaPorte's Lighter program, lessons that each group might learn from their participation in the flame wars, the psychology of triggering and appropriate ways to react.

Williams also talks about growing up in a Jehovah’s Witness household, the emerging agency of African-American women, and how to harness spiritual power. In addition to having practiced spiritual counseling for the past decade, Williams has a degree in counseling psychology and has lived internationally.

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Tuesday, August 07, 2018

“Back in the day...”


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Thursday, August 02, 2018

The Poet, the Buddhist, the Transsexual


Esteemed poet Diana Goetsche talks about anti-gay and anti-trans attitudes within the American Buddhist community, how people fiercely protect the gender divide, and how her Vajrayāna practice sustained her during her transition. 

In between discussing these and other topics, she reads poetry from her eight collections, including the poem, Black People Can’t Swim, which merited her  the 2012  Pushcart Prize. Because of this and others work, Diana’s been cited as one of the few white poets willing to write on the subject of race. She also reads  from The Diana Updates, a series of letters to friends about her transition that was republished in The American Scholar.

In reaction to her American Scholar letters, she received supportive letters from people in all walks of life. “We are all, I was learning, in transition, people between people, longing to be fully ourselves. The only essential difference with my deal is that it’s glaringly obvious and can’t be hidden from anyone.”

A former varsity athlete and concert jazz dancer, poet with award-winning collectionsa dedicated meditation practitioner and instructor, Goetsche is a multifaced advocate for America’s newest visible minority.

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Saturday, July 21, 2018

An English breakfast at my first ever B&B experience.


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My social connect team at the just ended annual NTL annual conference #NTLAMM2018


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Thursday, July 19, 2018

North Leigh, UK


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Thursday, July 12, 2018

Sexuality and Spirituality (event teaser)

More Than Just an Art Festival: Burning Man as Pilgrimage


For some, it’s an art festival, for others, a networking event. For others, it’s merely a time and place to get away from it all.

But for Maria Lambert Bridge, the 7-day annual middle-of-nowhere Burning Man event in the desert of Nevada, is all of that, but much more. It’s a time of renewal, a pilgrimage: something akin to coming home to sacred ground. 

Bridge, a thirty-something consultant and occasional mindfulness instructor, here describes her experiences at Burning Man; her yearlong experiment aimed at embodying the ten underlying principles of Burning Man; and her thoughts on Generation Xers perspectives on spirituality. She also expands on what she learned during a month-long part of her yearly transformational journey: one in which she lived out the principle of radical inclusion.

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Sunday, July 08, 2018

Sunday morning, World Cup formation...


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Saturday, July 07, 2018

Fireworks over the river...


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Thursday, July 05, 2018

“It’s been a long day...”


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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Turtle laying eggs off the Delaware canal


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Friday, June 15, 2018

A Sufi Approach to Business


Fourth generation entrepreneur Mark Silver is a pioneer in the integration of spirituality and business. He believes that commerce doesn’t need to involve hype or manipulation but instead can be based on transparency, integrity and heart. In this podcast, he describes how life circumstances led him to embrace the Sufi path, his belief that right business practice is inherently spiritual, and how when done correctly marketing can be a form of healing.

The founder of the Ithaca, New York-based Heart of Business company, Silver also discusses how political activism informs his sense of spirituality, common misconceptions of Islam, and his belief that capitalism is a both distortion of business practice and a root of many of the world’s social problems.

He also describes the essence of his daily spiritual practice, the Sufi heart-centered process of Remembrance.

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Monday, May 21, 2018

Exhalation on an underpass beneath a bridge.


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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Baby ducks, leaving land for water.


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Mother duck and her young.


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Lambertville’s towpath, where I walk everyday.


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Monday, April 16, 2018

A dog’s sense of smell is 40 X greater than our own!


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Monday, April 09, 2018

New Religious Movements


Pejoratively  called “cults” by some, there are by some estimates more than 300 New Religious Movements in the United States and tens of thousands worldwide. These include offshoots of established religions, congregations with unique scriptures, and “New Age” churches that claim celestial origins. Some of these groups last less than a decade, whereas others span generations.

W. Michael Ashcraft, the Philosophy and Religion Department Chair of Truman State University, has been studying New Religious Movements for most of his professional life. The author of the recently published book, A Historical Introduction to the Study of New Religious Movements, Ashcraft here discusses the anticult movement that flourished in the ‘60s and '70s, why some groups survive and others don’t, and the  similarities between New Religious Movements of the nineteenth century and those of the present day. He also draws distinctions between those groups with negative cult-like tendencies and those that are more benign. 

In addition to his most recent book, Ashcraft is the co-author with Eugene V. Gallagher of the five-volume set, Introduction to New and Alternative Religions n in America.

Links:

A Historical Study of New Religious Movements (most recent book)

Ashcraft’s Academia.edu page

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Diversity and Spirituality Network Facebook Group

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

From Near-Death Survivor to Legend in Diversity


Although he grew up with privilege and an unconscious sense that he was better than others, a near-death experience caused Lewis Brown Griggs to see things differently. While hovering between life and death, he was “told” that he needed to come back and to “do his work.” This meant overcoming what he saw as his principal weakness: learning to bridge the gaps between himself and other people. He’s been helping others do this through diversity and inclusion work for more than 25 years.

Since surviving his near-death experience, Griggs has worked with companies all over the world, written three books and a host of multimedia projects, and been formally recognized as a “legend of diversity” from the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals.

But he’s more that simply a diversity trainer and entrepreneur. He’s also is a  co-active leadership coach, a relationship coach and a facilitator of Spiritual Consciousness gained form Near Death Experiences and Recovery.

In this podcast, Griggs talks about his near-death experiences and how they motivated him to cross-cultural work, how the diversity movement has evolved in the past 25 years, and the importance of coming to terms with death for both valuing diversity and growing spiritually.

Links:

Griggs Productions

The Gift of Near Death (Ted Talk)

Beyond Our Sight (documentary about near-death experiences)

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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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Wednesday, March 07, 2018

Gay Spirituality: A Primer


Two male gay priests talk about the distinctive nature of gay spirituality, institutional Christianity’s attitudes towards LGBT people, and why there are high numbers of gays in the clergy. They also share how they realized their spiritual calling despite growing up within a hostile religious environment, the advice they would give to a young gay person who sees him or herself as religious and spiritual,  and their belief that the on-the-ground acceptance of gay people is often at variance with doctrinal non-acceptance.

Interviewees include Michael Ruk, the pastor of the Episcopal St. Philips Church in New Hope, Pa, and John Stasio, a “post Roman” Catholic priest and founding director of Easton Mountain, a retreat center near Albany New York.


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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

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Thursday, February 15, 2018

The Personal, The Political and the Spiritual


Author and advocate Jim Brown believes that restoring civility will go along way towards reversing the nation’s political dysfunction. And that striving to do so is as much an internal process as it is an external one. In this increasingly polarized climate, Brown says,  the way to political recovery and spiritual renewal begins with a practice that is at the heart of the world’s great religions: love your enemy.

In this podcast, Brown describes the process that led him to write his book, Ending Our Uncivil War: A Path to Political Recovery and Spiritual Renewal. He explains how working with the homeless transformed him, how he practices what-he-calls agape while working as a professional advocate, and why he believes a commitment to selfless love is essential to political recovery and spiritual renewal.

Brown is the Tennessee State Director for the National Federation of independent Business.

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Ending Our Uncivil War

Center for Action and Contemplation

Diversity and Spirituality Network

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Sunday, February 11, 2018

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Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Travel, Religion and Spirituality


Psychotherapist, author and world traveler Greesh Sharma talks about the transformative aspects of travel; how to trek without being a tourist; and how religion influences national culture. He shares stories from his visits to some 150 countries that illustrate the diversity of human experience, how religious practice differs from place to place, and how spending time abroad has expanded his sense of self. 

Sharma sees travel as a form of spiritual practice and one that paradoxically provides a vehicle for inner exploration. It’s helped him become more open to others, sharpened his decision making skills, and generally broadened his view as to what it means to be human.

He experience of traveling to countries with and without national religions had shaped his opinions on the differences between religions, the relationship between religion and spirituality, and the roots of interfaith conflict.

“Travel to me is so transformative that I think even before people pay lots of money to pay a a psychologist for therapy, I think they should travel,” Sharma says. “They will grow much faster and it will be much cheaper." 

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Greesh Sharma’s Website

Sharma’s Amazon author page

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Sunday, February 04, 2018

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Lavender Farm near New Hope, Pa.


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Monday, January 15, 2018

Sunset, Apex NC


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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

From Theist to Atheist


Sociologist Douglas E. Cowan talks about New Religious Movements, the cult wars of the 1970s and the influence of the internet on religion. He also traces his own personal journey from mainstream Protestant believer through agnosticism to atheism. Regardless of what you believe, he says, “atheism matters." 

Links:

Doug Cowan’s Amazon page

CV and Profile Page

New Religious Movements (Hartford Institute for Religion Research)

Diversity and Spirituality Network

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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Entrepreneurship, Social Activism, and Spiritual Practice


Paul Zelizer sees his mission as nurturing a community of socially conscious and spiritually aware entrepreneurs. His mission is embodied in the Awarepreneurs, a global community he founded  in which business-minded people explore how their ventures might better contribute to a just and sustainable world. Awarepreneur members focus on integrating social activism into their business practices, while cultivating their personal sense of spiritual awareness.  At one time, the community had more than 2,700 Facebook members.

In this podcast, Zelizer traces the path that led him to form this community:  from his childhood in a progressive Jewish household, through his early career as a social worker in New Mexico, through his role as Director of Social Media for Wisdom 2.0, one of the premier mindfulness brands in the world. In 2013, he left Wisdom 2.0 because he saw the need to gather a tribe that’s more focused on social enterprise and social justice.  He agreed, he said,  with the feedback he kept hearing, “Most of the conscious business brands out there are too much about privilege and feel too corporate for me.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Building Bridges in Difficult Times


Conflict resolution specialist David Campt talks about the art of peace building, using dialogue to create common ground, and how whites can be effective allies for people of color in the fight against racism. 

Campt is an authority on inclusion and equity, stakeholder engagement, and conflict resolution and dialogue. The author of Read the Room for Real and co-author (with Lisa Schirch) of The Little Book of Dialogue for Difficult Subjects,  he’s served as Senior Policy Adviser to President Clinton’s Initiative on Race,  organized forums for members of Congress, and provided facilitation expertise for Fortune 500 companies, foundations, and national and international non-profit organizations.

In addition to providing practical suggestions for aspiring and experienced peace builders, Campt here reveals his personal strategies for self-care and what led him to pursue a career in conflict resolution.

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Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Adventures of a Jewish Yogi


When the Judaism of her youth failed to satisfy her spiritual yearning, Dani Antman embarked on a journey that included yoga, energy healing, and an eventual discovery of the mysticism of the Jewish Kabbalah. In this podcast, Antman discusses her teachers’ cultural differences, sexuality and spirituality, and what personal tragedy has taught her. This podcast amplifies the message of Antman’s recently published memoir, Wired for God, which was Finalist in the “Autobiography/Memoir” category of the 2017 Best Book Awards.

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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

A Universalist Unitarian Minister Talks About White Privilege and the Church's Recent Racial Controversy


The summer of 2017 was a turbulent time in the Universalist Unitarian world. A racially oriented hiring controversy – when a white man was hired over a Latina woman for a church leadership post – caused many church members to question whether the church was living up to its espoused progressive values.

One of these church members was Reverend Kimberly “Kim" Wildszewski, the pastor of a UU church in Titusville New Jersey. Her church in a small way lived out a microcosm of what the national church was going through, causing Wildszewski to engage with her parishioners about the nature of white privilege, and why it’s important for whites in particular to engage in conversations about race that are sometimes uncomfortable.

Wildszewski, who literally grew up during the formation of the modern UU church, shares her reflections on the church’s controversy, why she’s proud about how the church engaged with the issue,  and her insights on being a member of both a privileged and a non-privileged group. She also shares the difference between how she’s received in the UU world and how she as a young  lesbian is sometimes received in interfaith circles. Her identity is not an issue in UU clerical circles, she explained, while other clerics are less accepting.

Links: 

About the UU Church’s 2017 Diversity Controversy

Wikipedia entry on Universal Unitarianism

Ruby Sales on "Where Does It Hurt” (alluded to in the podcast)

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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Social Activism and Spiritual Practice


Three years after the murder of her husband and birth of her daughter, former Black Panther Party leader Ericka Huggins found herself unjustly imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement. it was here that she taught herself meditation and embarked on a path that 37 years later has made her a leading exemplar of the integration of spirituality and social activism. 

Here, Huggins shared what she learned about herself while in solitary confinement, the legacy of the Black Panther Party, and the importance of spiritual practice for social justice work. She talks about restorative justice, how it succeeds where while punitive measures fail, and how this work can be used in schools and prisons to stop what she calls the cradle-to-prison pipeline endemic to poor communities. 

For Huggins, the “most healing thing in the world is love.” And she attempts to put that into practice in her work for social justice. What helps her in her work is her daily spiritual practice, the details of which she shares in this podcast.

Links:

Ericka Huggins website

Centre for Restorative Justice

Wikipedia Article on Restorative Justice


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Monday, October 16, 2017

Irrepressible Nature!


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Sunday, October 15, 2017

Contemporary Spidermen! (at Lawrence, New Jersey)



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Spidermen! (at Lawrence, New Jersey)


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Marcia Kass, my walking buddy, in my kitchen, getting ready to drink some Ethiopian coffee...


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Found on a telephone pole in my town. What's that movie line from Jack Nicholson: You can't handle the truth! Or I think from the Christian text: the Truth will set you free. WORD.


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Thursday, October 05, 2017

Japan: the Teacher


Author Steven Earle talks about his studies with Japanese spiritual teachers; the relationship between sound, language and reality; and the untold story of how a former spy turned businessman introduced yoga to Japan.

Earle talks about what led him in his early 20s to move to Japan, his lifelong study of the martial art of aikido, and his mentorship with Odano Sanae, who deeply influenced his understanding of the relationship between sound, language and reality. Odano’s work is the subject of Earle’s first book,  Words Characters and Transparency.

Earle shares what led him to devote fifteen years to learning about the life and work of Nakamuru Tempu, a former spy turned businessman, whose spiritual realization led him to create a unique approach to yoga practice and philosophy which influenced a post-war generation of Japanese government officials, business leaders, and artists. Earle’ tells the story of Tempu’s life and philosophy in his recently published book, Heaven’s Wind: The Life and Teachings of Nakamuru Tempu.

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Stephen Earle’s Amazon page

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Grounds for Sculpture


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Thursday, September 07, 2017

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

"World Peace, Through Inner Peace"


Social entrepreneur, spiritual guide and author Virginia Swain explains how personal tragedy shaped her spiritual focus, her work at the United Nations, and her vision for the transformation of America in a post 9/11 world. She also speaks about her most recent community project, America’s Soul Cafe, and provides advice to anyone seeking to integrate their quest for inner peace with peace in the world.

Virginia is the author of the recently published book, My Soul’s Journey to Redefine Leadership: A New Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of 9/11.

This interview was recorded during the  August 21, 2017 Solar Eclipse.

Links: 

Virginia Swain’s site

The Institute for Global Leadership

Center for Global Community and World Law

My Soul’s Journey to Redefine Leadership: A New Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of 9/11 (Virginia’s Latest Book)

America’s Soul Cafe

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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Spiritualities: East and West


Cross-cultural communication scholar William Kelly talks about what his extensive travels in Africa, the Philippines and Japan taught him about himself. He also talks about how Asian spirituality is fundamentally different from how most Westerners perceive it, the contrast between Asian spirituality and Western materialism; and how the current worldwide nationalistic trend may be a precursor towards a more spiritually oriented era in which global inter-connectivity is prized.

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Bill Kelly’s UCLA Faculty page

Notes for a New Age (includes Kelly’s article on the Meaning of the New Age)

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Monday, August 14, 2017

Big morning sky above my town.


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Thursday, July 20, 2017

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Wednesday, July 19, 2017

About Men's Work: origins, importance and future directions


The founder of the Men’s Leadership Alliance explains how he got involved with men’s work, it’s origins and evolution, how and why native American rituals are incorporated into men’s work, and issues that white men in particular bring to him in his coaching practice.

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Men’s Leadership Alliance

Inner King Training Experience

Mankind Project

4 Gateways Coaching

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Still Life


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Tuesday, July 04, 2017

"Spiritual, But Not Religious"


According to the PEW Research Center, about one fifth of all Americans don’t identify with any religion, but call themselves as spiritual in some way.

Sociologist of Religion Siobhan Chandler specializes in the study of this group, which she calls SBNRs or “spiritual, but not religious”. In this podcast, Chandler talks how she herself fits in this group; the subcategories within SBNR; the degree to which this is a global, rather than just North American phenomena, and the meaning of this category’s growth for the society as a whole.

Links:

Spiritual, But Not Religious - Siobhan Chandler’s website

YouTube presentation on SBNR

Chandler’s papers on Academia.edu

Wikipedia’s take on “spiritual, but not religious”

Diversity and Spirituality Network’s website


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Friday, June 30, 2017

Mount Hood! @Citibank #40YearsOfWow #Contest


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My triumphant four-legged friend with a prize found on her morning jaunt.


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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

"Cindy's Story" - An Interview with Cindy Franklin


Cindy Franklin, the co-founder of the Diversity and Spirituality Network, talks about coming from a background that some people might think of as privileged; spirituality as a pathway to appreciation of diversity;  her studies with a diverse array of spiritual teachers;  and her vision for the Diversity and Spirituality Network.

Links:

About Muktananda (Cindy’s First Spiritual Teacher)

“Spirituality is the River” - an interview with DSN co-founder Rene Molenkamp

“A Foundation Story” - an interview with DSN co-founder Angelo John Lewis

Diversity and Spirituality Network website

 


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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Twilight from the plane coming into San Diego


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Friday, June 16, 2017

"What the F#@ Is Enlightenment"


Boston’s Kamaria Powell began asking life’s most thought-provoking questions and found answers she didn’t find in the Pentecostal Church in which she was raised. She shares her journey, the questions she asked herself along the way, and why she now defines herself as “spiritual,” rather than “religious.” She also explores the role of religion in the African-American community and its particular impact on African-American women.


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Monday, June 12, 2017

Painting on University wall


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San Diego landscape, taken from the University


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Thursday, June 08, 2017


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