Calendar of Light: Day 1<\\/span><\\/h2>\\n \ The Calendar opens with a poem by Rev. Barbara Chaapel entitled, <\\/span>Illuminations<\\/span><\\/i>. In a witness to the pain that is held across the world, Chaapel\\u2019s vivid imagery leads participants from a world \\u201croiled with wars, clouded with accumulated sorrows that fall like salt rain\\u00a0 as heaven\\u2019s tears\\u201d to the light found in the sacred ordinary that surrounds us. Her voice, gripped by the weight of sorrow, holds listeners in a gentle embrace as she moves from the bioluminescence of the night sky to a dawn in which<\\/span><\\/p>\\n \ Nature lights the way, \\n<\\/span><\\/i>each tiny flare a prayer prayed for the world, \\n<\\/span><\\/i>piercing the heart.<\\/span><\\/i><\\/p>\\n

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Join people around the world who are centering their day in a practice of peace.
Alignment\u2019s Calendar of Light opens with a month of daily spiritual practices for seeking peace. (image from Alignment: Interfaith Contemplative Practices)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

As we engage in the ongoing work of seeking peace in a world ravaged by war, pain, and loss,<\/span>
\n<\/span>we look to the wisdom of our world\u2019s traditions. The <\/span>Calendar of Light<\/span><\/a> is a collaboration in which all traditions are honored, all prayers uplifted, in the hope that this will pave the path to greater peace among all the peoples and nations of this world. And in finding this intersection, there may we find the road to justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

A new door opens each day of the month of December. Each door holds a five-minute practice. Some days reveal a poem for reflection, a chant or a prayer, a dance or a song, a work of art or a text on which to meditate. Every day is an offering from someone, somewhere in the world, who is sitting as you are, longing for peace during these times of darkness and pain. These messages come from imams and rabbis, from poets and artists, from musicians and prayer leaders. You will find doors that represent Muslim, Jewish, Baha\u2019i, Hindu, Indigenous, Buddhist<\/a>, Pagan, Wiccan, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Taoist, and Christian traditions. Some represent a spiritual path without affiliation to a tradition. Some offer a purely interfaith message. Among the traditions you will find different denominations and nations. Reformed, Conservative, and Reconstructing. Sunni and Sufi. Cherokee, Pueblo, and Anishinaabe. Maronite, Quaker, and Presbyterian.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Calendar of Light: Day 1<\/span><\/h2>\n \ The Calendar opens with a poem by Rev. Barbara Chaapel entitled, <\/span>Illuminations<\/span><\/i>. In a witness to the pain that is held across the world, Chaapel\u2019s vivid imagery leads participants from a world \u201croiled with wars, clouded with accumulated sorrows that fall like salt rain\u00a0 as heaven\u2019s tears\u201d to the light found in the sacred ordinary that surrounds us. Her voice, gripped by the weight of sorrow, holds listeners in a gentle embrace as she moves from the bioluminescence of the night sky to a dawn in which<\/span><\/p>\n \ Nature lights the way, \n<\/span><\/i>each tiny flare a prayer prayed for the world, \n<\/span><\/i>piercing the heart.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n