Marking 1,700 years since Nicaea, the author shows how the Baha'i faith sees spiritual evolution with increasing knowledge, which results in uniting all world religions under one divine source.
Lent has shifted from guilt-driven rituals to spiritual renewal, with prayer, good works and reflection. Benedictines also encourage reading a new book!
In this Year of the Snake, what old skins might need shedding for your personal renewal? The author notes he needs to shed racial prejudice and hostility to snakes.
Liv Larson Andrews believes in the sensus lusus, or playful spirit. Liturgy, worship and faithful practice are at their best when accompanied with a wink, she says.