The History of Christmas

Right around this time last year, I wrote a post about the history of significance of the Winter Solstice.  As we draw closer to the Solstice and the Christmas holiday, I thought I would write a more detailed follow up post about how the way Christians celebrate the...

Love Trumps all When it Comes to Spirituality

Have you ever tried to define spirituality?  If you have chances are it got fairly murky fairly quickly.  As we discuss regularly on this blog, spirituality means something different to everyone.  No matter how much we try to quantify, measure, or define spirituality,...

Trying to Pin Down Spirituality

The term spirituality is extremely vague and can sometimes cause confusion even amongst those that consider themselves to be “spiritual” people.  Some people define spirituality as being religious, while others define it as being in touch with nature.  Some people...

Challah as a Metaphor for a Spiritual Life

Baking homemade bread has become something of a lost art in today’s one-stop shop world of mega grocery stores and pre-packaged everything.  But for one devout sect of Hasidic Jews, baking traditional Challah bread is more than just cooking.  Baked the same way for...

The Spiritual Path to Relieving Anger

Many encourage the release of anger and rage from our lifestyles. The reality, however, is that anger is something that has its purpose. It induces balance and justice, proving to be essential to the operation of society on earth. Most of those who are spiritual go...