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February 2024

February 07, 2024

What Is Your Prayer for Peace?

For the annual United Nations observance of World Interfaith Harmony Week, communities around the world...

January 2024

January 25, 2024

Ordinary Rituals That Create Sacred Space

Heidi Barr, poet, wellness coach, author of creative nonfiction, and keen observer of the patterns...

January 18, 2024

Don’t Know How to Pray? Here’s How.

Prepared or unprepared. If one were to break down prayer into two basic categories, there...

December 2023

December 02, 2023

Calendar of Light 2023

As we engage in the ongoing work of seeking peace in a world ravaged by...

October 2023

October 21, 2023

Week of Prayer for World Peace (Day 6) Sikh Prayers

On the sixth day of the Week of Prayer for World Peace, we pray for...

October 20, 2023

Week of Prayer for World Peace (Day 5) Buddhist Prayers

On this fifth day of the Week of Prayer for World Peace, we pray for...

September 2023

September 03, 2023

Keeping Our Productivity in Check

From Rosh Hashanah to Lunar New Year, we honor the turning over to a new...

May 2023

May 14, 2023

Labyrinth Walk: Making Chrysalis Soup with the Outdoor Chaplain

The labyrinth started to breathe. As those gathered for a sunset walk made their way...

May 04, 2023

A Day Lived in Prayer: Results of the American Prayer Wrap Survey

Knees humbled to the ground and forehead kissing the earth. Chin dropped to the chest...

April 2023

April 08, 2023

Clay Pots: Finding the Divine in the Ordinary

A lump of clay thrown on the potter’s wheel became a vessel. Lester Morris, tech...

March 2023

March 18, 2023

Crisis Contemplation: Barbara A. Holmes Visits Alignment

Contemplative practices open us to hearing, seeing, and knowing the presence of the divine within...

March 04, 2023

Consumed by Divine Fire: The Basic Elements of Prayer

Can we find a deeper connection to our lives of prayer by aligning ourselves with...

February 2023

February 18, 2023

Exchanging Our Exhale: The Basic Elements of Prayer

Breathe in the positive. Let go of what no longer serves. Whether we are on...

January 2023

January 28, 2023

Ground Level: The Basic Elements of Prayer

“I can’t remember the last time I touched grass,” announced a student in my classroom...

January 21, 2023

Drinking Water as a Contemplative Practice: The Basic Elements of Prayer

We are vessels of water. The make-up of our bodies, our brains, our beings is...

January 06, 2023

Seeking Space and Finding God in the Gap

We crave space to cultivate our spiritual well-being. In the busy-ness of our lives, however,...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

Threshold Moments: Where We Stand on New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve has us standing at yet another threshold. The two-faced Roman god Janus,...

December 24, 2022

Christians Turn to Solstice Celebrations at Christmas

Are more Christian leaders turning to their pagan roots? Although I grew up with Celtic...

December 21, 2022

Daily Prayer with Alignment’s Interfaith Calendar of Light

Digital Calendar of Contemplative Practices from a Variety of Traditions Find five minutes to ground...

December 20, 2022

Holding Darkness – Awaiting Light

Embracing the change of rhythm in our spiritual practices The Changing Rhythm of Darker Days...